Overview

• A 51-year-old Gandia resident died after his motorcycle struck a wild boar on the Barx road just before 11 p.m. last Friday.
• Policía Local de Gandia, Guardia Civil de Tráfico officers and a medical team responded to the scene where the motorcyclist was pronounced dead.
• Regional authorities have flagged the Barx road, routes around Oliva and the Gandia–Villalonga corridor as some of the most dangerous for wild boar crossings.
• Diputación de València installed warning signs months ago while the Dirección General de Tráfico and the Asociación Española de Carreteras added real-time navigation alerts in July.
• Experts warn that the nocturnal foraging habits of wild boars make them particularly hard to detect and drive a surge in animal-vehicle crashes on rural roads.