The judge of the Court of Instruction number 41 of Madrid has decreed provisional prison, communicated and without bail for Pedro V.S., the driver who allegedly ran over several people last Thursday on the Paseo de Extremadura in Madrid and caused the death of two of them.
The Court of Instruction number 41 of Madrid, in function of guard of detainees, charges him with two crimes of manslaughter for imprudence and other crimes against road safety.
According to the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM), the deprivation of liberty is decreed when he is considered responsible for two crimes of intentional homicide, a crime against traffic safety for exceeding the speed allowed by regulation and five crimes of injury.
Likewise for considering him responsible for a crime of omission of the duty of relief; another of abandonment of the place of the accident; another one for reckless driving with serious disregard for the lives of people and four crimes of theft of catalysts, in addition to one of damages and another of serious disobedience to the agents of authority.
The magistrate has decreed the provisional release without bail for the other two people made available to him, and who are also being investigated, with the precautionary measure of the obligation to appear in court on the 12th and 26th of each month.
Investigating Court number 41 has been inhibited in favor of Investigating Court number 27, which is the judicial body that was on duty at the time of the events, the note from the TSJM refers to.
The driver, Pedro V.S., who turned himself in at the police station hours after the accident, was driving without a valid license and at the time of the events he was going at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour in an area limited to 50 kilometers, according to police sources. .
In addition, he had inside the vehicle, a silver Mercedes Benz, several allegedly stolen catalysts, as discovered by the National Police agents who inspected the car.
He had dozens of police records for stealing these pieces along with other members of his family clan and had been identified as the perpetrator of a theft in the Vallecas area hours before the tragic event, police sources detail.
Apparently, for this reason, he fled when the Traffic Civil Guard stopped him on a Leganés highway when they observed that an eight-month-old baby who was in a car was traveling in the car, along with two other occupants who were also detained. his mother's arms and not in a regulation seat.
Pedro V.S. He fled to the capital Madrid and, after traveling about 12 kilometers, around 1:05 p.m., he faced the Paseo de Extremadura at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, according to the first investigations by the Judicial Traffic Police of the Municipal Police. from Madrid.
The car traveled along the aforementioned promenade, hitting several people who were crossing the pedestrian crossings, among them the two deceased, two men aged 71 and 82, who were run over at number 154 and 88. Five other people were seriously injured. mild character.
Finally, the vehicle stopped later and the driver fled on foot, although hours later he turned himself in at the Latina district police station under police pressure.
The other two occupants of the car, a man and a woman with a criminal record and current warrants, did not escape and were detained by the National Police.
