Valladolid and León were two of the Castilian and Leonese capitals that wanted to associate, with commemorative events, with the celebration of the World Day of Road Accident Victims. In the Leonese capital, the event ended with a minute of silence and a floral offering that the Avata Accident Assistance Foundation carried out at the roundabout that connects Fernández Ladreda and José Aguado avenues of the capital.
Several dozen people decided to join the events planned by the Foundation and which began with a mass in the Santo Toribio parish of Mogrovejo, after which a caravan in which the motorcycle club and the cycling club took part traveled the streets main areas of the city. to the Fernández Ladreda roundabout. There was a reading of a manifesto, prayer for the victims, a minute of silence and a floral offering.
Event in Valladolid for the World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Road Accidents
The event aimed to pay tribute to all those killed and seriously injured on the roads, recognize the ‘crucial’ work of emergency services, draw attention to the ‘generally insignificant’ legal response to deaths and injuries unjustified on the road, and to advocate for better support for traffic. victims and their families and promote evidence-based actions to prevent and stop more deaths and injuries from road accidents, Ical reports.
For his part, Valladolid, its mayor Jesús Julio Carnero announced the installation in the Plaza de Portugalete of a monument in his memory which will be created by the artist Rosa Serra. He did this during the event which closed the programming of the municipality and associations on the occasion of the World Day of Remembrance of Road Accident Victims.
The Plaza de Portugalete in Valladolid hosted a rally and the reading of a manifesto, accompanied by a minute of silence in his memory and a floral offering.
Carnero explained that the installation of a monument is promoted by the Town Hall in collaboration with the Association for the Study of Spinal Cord Injuries (AESLEME), on the proposal of the Road Safety Table, which “will make visible the commitment of the government team to the prevention of road accidents.
