A driver who fled after hitting a cleaning worker was arrested

The man who was driving under the influence of alcohol and who fled this morning after hitting a 41-year-old woman with his vehicle in El Campello, Alicante, who later died, has already been arrested, municipal sources report.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
29 September 2023 Friday 22:24
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A driver who fled after hitting a cleaning worker was arrested

The man who was driving under the influence of alcohol and who fled this morning after hitting a 41-year-old woman with his vehicle in El Campello, Alicante, who later died, has already been arrested, municipal sources report. .

The Emergency Information and Coordination Center (Cicu) has reported that the organization has been alerted to the event around 7:20 a.m. and that a Samu and a Basic Life Support ambulance have been mobilized to the scene.

The health teams have carried out resuscitation maneuvers, but have only been able to confirm the death, the Cicu has highlighted.

Municipal sources from El Campello have explained that the woman was a street cleaning worker from the Alicante town and have regretted that "this tragic accident" was "caused by an act of recklessness."

"The person responsible for this action has been arrested and it has been confirmed that he was driving under the influence of alcohol," the local council highlighted.