Torrox Costa Crossing Accident Leaves Two Women in Hospital Two women aged 62 and 64 remain in hospital in Velez-Malaga after an 80-year-old driver who says she did not see a red light struck them on a pedestrian crossing in Torrox Costa. Two women are still being treated in hospital after a car struck them on a pedestrian crossing in Torrox Costa on Friday afternoon. The accident happened shortly before 5pm on Friday, November 6, on Avenida de Andalucia, directly opposite the town's bus station, in one of the busiest parts of the coastal district. The two victims, aged 62 and 64, were crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing controlled by traffic lights when they were hit by the car. Both suffered serious injuries. Emergency teams treated both women at the scene, and each was taken by ambulance to the Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquia in Velez-Malaga. A hospital report issued on Saturday, November 7, confirmed that the two women were still receiving treatment there. The car was being driven by an 80-year-old Belgian woman who lives in Velez-Malaga. During the initial police enquiries, the driver reportedly explained that she had been distracted and had not realised that the traffic light was red as she approached the crossing. Two ambulances, Guardia Civil traffic officers and Torrox Local Police all attended the scene. Emergency teams treated the injured pedestrians before arranging their transfer to hospital. The accident took place in a busy part of Torrox Costa, close to the bus station, an area through which thousands of residents and visitors pass every day, on foot and by car, and never more so than on a Friday afternoon at the start of the weekend. No further details had been released by Sunday morning about the two women's medical condition, or about whether any formal action will be taken against the driver. The authorities have also not said whether the investigation has been extended beyond the initial police enquiries. The location of the accident is familiar to local road users for the wrong reasons. The same area has previously seen a serious road accident involving a motorcyclist and a cyclist, and residents of the Costa have long complained about the pace of traffic on the avenues of Torrox Costa, where the crossings of the Avenida de Andalucia carry some of the heaviest footfall in town, between the bus station, the shops and the residential streets behind. For a town that lives from tourism, road safety on its main avenues is not a minor matter. Torrox Costa concentrates most of the municipality's hotel capacity, its second homes and much of its foreign resident community, and its pedestrian crossings are used as heavily in November as in August. An accident of this kind, whatever its final outcome, inevitably reopens the debate about the protection of pedestrians on the coastal strips of the eastern Costa del Sol. The case also touches on a subject that Spain is discussing more and more openly: older drivers. The rules on licence renewal become stricter with age, and drivers above a certain age must renew their permits more frequently and pass medical and psychotechnical tests. An 80-year-old driver who acknowledges distraction before a red light will inevitably feed that debate, whatever the conclusions of the investigation. For the moment, the most useful lessons are the simplest ones. The Spanish traffic authority's own guidance for pedestrians reminds users to cross at authorised points, obey the signals and keep watching traffic even when the light is in their favour. For drivers, the same guidance repeats a single idea: distraction is one of the main causes of accidents at pedestrian crossings, and the consequences of a second of inattention can last for years. The two women remain hospitalised in Velez-Malaga, and Torrox waits for news of their recovery. Anyone who walked through Torrox Costa on Friday evening will understand why the crossing by the bus station is now the subject of so many conversations.