A British tourist has been rushed to hospital after three young holidaymakers were ploughed into by a car outside a popular resort in Ibiza.

The three victims, all believed to be young women, were struck by a jeep on Calle Moli, in front of the On the Bay restaurant at the Playa des Pouet resort in Ibiza, Spain. Shocked eyewitnesses said the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon left the road and careered onto the pavement, running over the three young women and knocking down a lamppost.

It came to a standstill on the pavement and just a few feet from a pedestrian crossing. Crowds of people descended on the scene before emergency services arrived, with lifeguards at Playa des Pouet attending the incident first.

The car came to a stanstill a few feet from the pavement following the incident (

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Shortly after, several local police patrols and three ambulances from the 061 Emergency Service arrived, treating the women before transporting them to a medical centre.

The Sun reports that one of the three women was a Brit tourists, but she is yet to be identified, with the identities of the others also under-wraps. According to eyewitnesses, two of the girls appeared to be in serious condition, while a third had foot injuries. At this time, neither 061 nor the Sant Antoni Police have provided further information so it is not known if the women are British or their ages.

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The driver is a young man, around 30 years old, according to these same witnesses. Officers have closed traffic on the street and are interviewing numerous witnesses to clarify the details of the accident.

A spokesman for San Jose Town Hall confirmed the arrested man was Irish but was unable to give out any more information on the nationalities of all of the women casualties. He said: “San Jose Local Police today arrested an Irish driver after he hit three people in the Es Pueto area, resulting in one fatality and two serious injuries.

“The detainee was accused of reckless driving, driving under the influence of drugs, manslaughter due to gross negligence and serious injury due to gross negligence, after initial investigations revealed evidence of nitrous oxide consumption moments before the accident. In the coming hours, data will be extracted from the vehicle's control unit, which will provide quantitative information about the driving at the time of the incident.

“It should be noted that citizen cooperation and the large number of people and vehicles in the area have facilitated the location of witnesses and images that are assisting the investigation. San Jose Local Police are currently continuing to work in coordination with the Civil Guard and the emergency services. San Jose Town Council would also like to express its gratitude to the Sant Antonio Local Police for their swift and professional collaboration during the incident.”

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The accident has raised concerns in the area, which at the time was full of people enjoying the beach or having a drink in nearby establishments. The shock crash comes as Brit mums Ebony Cordingley, 26, and Lauren Holmes, 27, are set to remain in Ibiza "for weeks" after they were knocked down by a taxi while on their Ibiza holiday.

The two were rushed to different intensive care units after they were hit on August 26 while travelling on a road between Ibiza Town and San Antonio.

The two friends, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, were hit by what their families have described as a "speeding taxi" in GoFundMe appeal.

Police have only described the car so far as a Toyota Corolla and have not said whether they arrested the young Spanish driver. A spokesman for the Civil Guard said at the time of the accident: "Both are British and both are serious. They were pedestrians who were run over by a 24-year Spaniard at the wheel of a Toyota Corolla.

"One is 26 and the other is 27. The incident happened at 1.50am on the El-600 road between Ibiza and San Antonio in the municipality of San Antonio."