The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested this Friday afternoon in Manresa a 32-year-old driver who has skipped two police checkpoints in the capital of Bages with a stolen vehicle, according to police sources. The fugitive has collided with two Catalan police vehicles and has run over an agent before being arrested. According to the Regió 7 newspaper, the Mossos fired shots into the air to dissuade him and after the last clash the detainee tried to flee on foot, after which he was arrested.
According to police sources, the events occurred when the detainee skipped a police control on the C-16, near Castellbell i el Vilar. The agents have given notice of the escape and a patrol in which the injured agent was located has located him in a roundabout in Manresa: when they have asked him to stop, the driver has run over the police, who have a broken leg and are admitted to the hospital. The suspect then headed towards Manresa: inside the city he collided with a car and a motorcycle, leaving at least two people injured, and stopped after colliding with a third parked vehicle. The Mossos have fired shots into the air to dissuade him and after the last clash the detainee has tried to flee on foot, after which he has been arrested.
As verified by the Catalan police, the car was stolen and the license plate was also presumably forged; the 32-year-old suspect was driving under the influence of drugs.
He will go to court on Monday for an alleged attempted homicide, injury, document falsification, attack against authority, reckless driving, injuries, driving under the influence of drugs, robbery, and abandonment of the scene of the accident.
