A road accident with seven vehicles involved and three injured forced the closure this Wednesday morning total BUS-HOV lane on the A-6 in Madrid to allow work to eliminate cars that block traffic, as reported by Emergencies Madrid and the DGT.
Concretely, the accident took place at kilometer 14 of the A-6at El Plantío, the direction of entry to Madrid, and causes more than three kilometers of traffic jams. Firefighters from Madrid City Hall and Samur civil protection intervened on site and treated three minor injuries.
The A-6, also known as aNorthwest Highway, It is one of the radial roads in Spain that connects the Community of Madrid and central Spain to Galicia.
📢🔴In Madrid, an accident complicates traffic entering the capital on the A-6, in the Bus-VAO lane, in El Plantío.
➡️Only buses are authorized to circulate on the Bus-HOV lane.
➡️Incident at PK 14.
➡️More than 3 kilometers of retentions. pic.twitter.com/cqwo7y58FY– General Director of Traffic (@DGTes) November 20, 2024
Fight at Lavapiés
In recent hours, there have also been violent fighting in Nelson Mandela Square, in Lavapies. A young man was arrested after hitting another in the face with a bottle, according to sources from the National Police in Madrid.
The events occurred around 4:20 a.m. this Wednesday. As the aforementioned sources report, agents were alerted because a man threatened another in the middle of the street. When police arrived, they found a young man bleeding and, next to him, a man being held by pedestrians who had a broken bottle in his hand.
The injured man said that, without saying a word, he was attacked by the detainee and caused injuries to his face and back, for which he was transferred to the clinical hospital. When the attacker was arrested, he began to have a violent attitude towards officers. Madrid emergency sources report that the victim presented bruises and a facial injury, but was transferred in light condition.
The National Police opened an investigation to clarify these facts, but reported that Does not appear to be linked to youth gangs. The detainee is a 27-year-old Moroccan, while the victim is a 20-year-old young man of the same nationality.
