The drivers of two cars were seriously injured after a head-on collision on the N-332 in the Pilar de la Horadada area.
The crash happened on Monday morning between Pilar and Mil Palmeras, when a 54-year-old female motorist overtook a vehicle and hit an oncoming car, with a 90-year-old man at the wheel.
The two drivers were ferried by ambulance to Torrevieja Hospital in a serious condition, with both of them suffering multiple trauma injuries.