He was driving faster than expected and under the influence of alcohol when, unfortunately for two young people waiting for the bus in Neptuno Square, their paths crossed. The accident occurred around 3 a.m., after the driver lost control of his vehicle heading towards Atocha and crashed into the EMT marquee. Following the sudden shock, one of the affected people, aged 25, died instantly, while the other had to be transported to hospital on notice, suffering from multiple fractures to the trunk and legs. . For his part, the man who was behind the wheel, aged 33, suffered head injuries and also had to be hospitalized in serious condition.
There, the municipal officers who guarded him gave him a blood test to check if he exceeded the authorized alcohol levels or if he had ingested drugs: the result came back positive in the first of the tests . He was accompanied in the car by another man, unharmed; and according to data collected by members of the traffic police station, it is likely that they returned after a Christmas dinner. Tourism had all the papers in order. As the investigation progresses, he could be charged with manslaughter for gross recklessness, serious injury and reckless driving.
The town hall firefighters stabilized the vehicle and repaired the damage caused to the marquee, which was found yesterday morning fenced off and without half of the windows. At the same time, another 15-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle also traveling at high speed while he was waiting with his father.
“On December 9, 2016, a heartless person took the life of my dear 15-year-old son Ivan. He killed him because he was driving while consuming cocaine, alcohol and psychotropic drugs, and at a speed three times the maximum speed limit. “Iván was waiting at the bus stop and he ran over him,” the teenager’s mother said at the time. The woman said “four years was not enough” for a man who drove a stolen car, tested positive for alcohol and drugs and exceeded the speed limit on the Paseo del Prado, reaching 130 kilometers per hour.
Report a bug
