A BRITISH woman is fighting for her life after a horrific three-car crash on the popular holiday island Menorca, Spain.

The 59-year-old was rescued from the devastating crash on Tuesday morning at around 10.30am local time.

She was admitted to intensive care at Mateu Orfila Hospital in the holiday hotspot’s capital Mahon after being rushed from the scene.

At the time of the crash, she was in the vehicle with one other Brit who was also injured.

Local reports said one of the three cars was driven by a 21-year-old Spaniard who was also critically injured.

They were also taken to the same intensive care unit as the British woman.

It is believed the Spanish man strayed onto the wrong side of the Me-1 road near Alaior as he headed in the direction of Mahon.

Firefighters also had to cut him out of his vehicle after the devastating collision.

Two women aged 19 and 29, one of whom is Spanish, were also taken to hospital.

Pictures from the scene of the crash showed the mangled wreckage of two of the cars involved.

Civil Guard traffic officers have launched an investigation and will report to a local court.

An ambulance service spokesman confirmed the severity of the incident.

They said: “Three cars were involved and five people injured.

“Firefighters had to free two of the casualties, a woman aged around 60 and a man in his twenties.

“One of the five injured people were treated at the scene and didn’t require a hospital transfer.”

In September last year, a Brit dad and his two sons were injured in a head-on fatal crash in Menorca.

The trio were travelling in a taxi which smashed into a rental car carrying a female passenger who died.

It also comes after two Brit golf trippers were “decapitated” after a suspected drug trafficker’s speedboat came loose and smashed into their car on a Spanish motorway last November.

The boat reportedly came off a trailer and flew through the air at 120km/h before brutally hitting their Seat Leon as they travelled near the popular resort of La Manga.

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