Car flies over Marbella roundabout and ends upside down against flats

A high-speed smash in central Marbella left a car airborne before it slammed into a residential block and finished upside down, yet luckily nobody died.

The incident took place at dusk on Friday evening on Calle Jacinto Benavente near the junction with Calle Valentuñana. A vehicle travelling at considerable speed failed to negotiate a small roundabout, struck a large planted pot and launched roughly four metres into the air. It then sheared through a mature palm tree, narrowly missed a glass bus shelter and ploughed into the front of Edificio Ami, a multi-storey apartment building. The car came to rest overturned against the façade, although the building stayed relatively undamaged.

Emergency services clear the scene

Local police, firefighters and emergency crews reached the location quickly. Officers cordoned off the area while recovery teams used a crane to lift the badly damaged SUV clear of the building. Social media images shared by MsQ on social media show the vehicle heavily damaged, although more or less in one piece, and police tape securing the site. According to initial reports from the scene, no fatalities have been confirmed. Police sources stated that nobody died, although the force of the impact made serious injuries or worse, a very real possibility.

Witnesses described the sequence as extraordinary. After hitting the roundabout, the car became airborne, clipped vegetation and street decoration, which clearly made the mini roundabout visible, and then struck the palm before the final collision with the flats. The force was enough to leave the vehicle inverted against the wall of Edificio Ami.

Recent pattern of serious crashes in the town

This latest incident follows a series of high-profile accidents reported across Marbella in recent months. In May, a wrong-way driver died in a head-on collision on the A-7 motorway near the town. Earlier this week, concrete balcony slabs collapsed onto a busy central street without causing injuries. Last year a Land Rover also crashed into a barbershop terrace in Nueva Andalucia, hospitalising two people. Local authorities continue to monitor road safety on both urban streets and the surrounding motorway network.

Residents in the area have expressed relief that the outcome was not worse. Further details about the driver, possible causes or any minor injuries have not yet been released by police or the 112 emergency service. Investigators are expected to examine speed, the condition of the roundabout and any contributing factors.