Widow of Brit killed in Canary Island bus crash among 27 hospitalised

Widow of Brit killed in Canary Island bus crash among 27 hospitalisedExpert psychologists are said to be assisting the widow, who is believed to have been sat alongside her partner before the horror bus crash in La Gomera on Friday afternoonNewsPatrick Hill in La Gomera, Natalia Penza News Correspondent and Liam Doyle09:30, 11 Apr 2026View 7 ImagesThe bus crash took place in San Sebastian de La Gomera, in Spain's Canary Islands(Image: AP)The widow of the British pensioner killed in yesterday’s horror bus crash in the Canary Island of La Gomera was among the 27 passengers hospitalised, it emerged overnight.‌Regional health chiefs said late yesterday the unnamed woman remained at its state hospital as they updated earlier information pointing to 21 casualties being discharged to say she was the only patient still being treated there. Expert psychologists are said to be assisting the British holidaymaker, believed to have been sitting beside her partner when the packed bus came off the road on a bend around 1.15pm yesterday and plunged 100ft down a ravine, by helping her come to terms with her loss.‌Overnight it emerged two more victims with serious injuries had been airlifted to a hospital on the neighbouring island of Tenerife following the earlier transfer of two others.‌READ MORE: Brit pensioner dies in Canary Islands crash as tourist bus plunges into ravineREAD MORE: Canary Islands bus crash horror as Brit dies and children injured in La GomeraView 7 ImagesPictures show the bus on its side following the crash into the ravine(Image: Europa Press Canarias / Avalon)They include the bus driver, who attempted to stop the vehicle by steering it onto a dirt track after a suspected brake failure, and was among four people seriously hurt. The vehicle, a tourist bus which belonged to La Gomera Tours, is set to be removed today so police can begin to carry out a full off-site inspection as they try to nail down the cause of the accident.It was the second fatal crash on...