A man was arrested in Poio (Pontevedra) after having circulated last Monday with a woman hanging from her vehicle for about 50 meters when he ran away after a small accident.
The Local Police of the municipality of Pontevedra announced the arrest that occurred on Saturday afternoon after an “arduous and intense investigation.”
Last Monday, after hitting a parked car, The driver drove off without providing his information and a family member of the owner of the damaged vehiclewho had witnessed the accident, decided to follow him on his motorbike. When he stopped the vehicle, the driver repeatedly refused to provide his insurance details, after which he abruptly restarted the vehicle.
The young woman, who was trying to get the information, was left hanging from the window and dragged for 51 metres.after which she was seriously injured. On the same day, the investigation began to locate the person responsible, who did not appear before any police force.
Police arrested him for an alleged traffic offencereckless driving due to extremely dangerous driving with a clear disregard for the life of a woman and also an alleged offence of causing bodily harm and damage.
For this type of act, you can be sentenced to prison terms of two to five years, a fine of twelve to twenty-four months and the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a period of six to ten years, explains the Local Police of Poio.
