Photo: Bomberos de Tenerife.

A collision on the TF1 near Tajao this afternoon saw major tailbacks and a helicopter on the motorway itself to transfer to hospital a man who needed to be cut out of his vehicle by bomberos. Emergency services say that they were called out shortly after 2pm with reports of the accident on the northbound carriageway, and that the injured man received stomach injuries and needed to be immobilized at the scene before being taken into the helicopter by stretcher. He was flown to HUC where his condition is said to be comfortable.