Overview

• National Police detained a 50-year-old man on July 25 in Valencia as the alleged driver who fled after hitting a pedestrian.
• Local officers located the open vehicle minutes after the collision at the avenidas de la Plata and Bombero Ramón Duart crosswalk and found it uninsured.
• The impact threw the victim several meters and caused severe injuries that required immediate ambulance transport and surgical intervention.
• The suspect, who has prior police records, was questioned and freed under an obligation to appear before the judicial authority when summoned.
• Investigations continue under Spain’s road-safety laws, which criminalize failing to stop after causing serious injury and driving without valid insurance.