The driver of the a number of outrage close to the sector of RCD Espanyol offers detrimental in alcohol and medicines | News from Catalonia | EUROtoday

The commissioner of the Mossos d’Esquadra and accountable for the Metropolitan Police Region Sud, Eduard Sallent, defined this Thursday night time that the outrage “of 14 people” within the neighborhood of the RCDE Stadium earlier than the derby and that he has described as “fortuitous or accidental”, has been carried out by a driver who has given detrimental in medication and alcohol. The incident, which occurred at roughly quantity 100 on Llobregat Avenue, at 9:02 p.m., has marked the beginning of the League assembly between Espanyol and Barcelona.

“A person who was driving a vehicle on an open road has been surrounded by fans who were heading to the stadium and, for some reason that we are not still clear, he has accelerated to leave the site,” he mentioned. The police command added that the car “is not that it was at an excessive speed”, however that the automobile “has been stopped, has tried to leave and, in the output maneuver, has hit the people in front.” “We must determine why this maneuver has done,” mentioned Sallent, who has been questioned about whether or not the truth that the street has occurred was open has been a safety error. A complete of 14 individuals have been mildly injured.

“What surely is not a security error is what the driver has done. We are clear that when there are agglomerations of people we can find assumptions of this type,” he replied. “It is not the first or the last case. They are situations that occur on other occasions and what is not given is for the driver to tighten the accelerator,” he added. Sallent has commented that this individual “felt harassed” by the scenario and, within the “escape”, has brought about the accident. This individual has been arrested and has given detrimental each in alcohol and medicines, and the case is within the palms of the Cornellà de Llobregat analysis unit.

Sallent has proven phrases of “support to families already injured” that though they’ve been, he identified, “mild” they’ve taken “a good scare.” One of the injured is the son of the mayor of Badalona, ​​Xavier García Albiol.

The RCD Espanyol communicated yesterday in its social networks that reveals “all its support to those affected by the outrage” that occurred this Thursday across the RCD Stadium, earlier than the beginning of the derby towards FC Barcelona. Likewise, the entity directed the next message to the affected followers: “We wish you a quick recovery and we hope to see soon, at the stadium,” studies Javier Martín Mombiela.