One dead and eight injured when they were run over by a float in the parade in Marchena (Seville)

A 72-year-old woman has died and eight other people have been injured when they were run over by a float that was participating in the parade of the Three Wise Men in Marchena (Seville) on Thursday night, including a two-year-old boy who is in serious condition. .

During the parade, a tractor that was pulling a float lost control and rushed into the public, as reported by the 112 Andalucía emergency service.

The two-year-old boy, who has suffered a head injury and is in serious condition, has been evacuated to the Virgen del Rocío Children's Hospital in Seville and the other seriously injured, elderly person has been transferred to Traumatology at the same hospital.

The other six mildly affected have been treated at the Marchena outpatient center and the Osuna hospital, and among them there is a one-year-old baby, according to sources from the Local Police of the Seville town.

The main hypothesis of the Civil Guard, which is investigating the event, is that it was due to a mechanical problem in the tractor's brakes.

The Judicial Police of the Armed Institute in Osuna directs the investigations to determine the causes of the fatal accident.

Around 8:15 p.m., the emergency coordination center received several calls from neighbors alerting that a tractor had lost control in the Plaza de San Andrés, falling downhill and hitting a wall.

Members of the local Police, Civil Guard, firefighters from the Provincial Council and the 061 Health Emergency Center, belonging to the Andalusian Health Service, have traveled to the area.

061 has sent an emergency team and three ambulances.

Another similar accident happened 10 years ago in Malaga during the Three Kings parade when a six-year-old boy died after jumping under a float after escaping from his parents' control to look for candy.

The toilets tried to revive the minor, but could not succeed.