A truck driver caused the death of six people early this Tuesday on the AP-4 highway, near Los Palacios and Villafranca, in the province of Seville, when his vehicle collided with another police verification device. that the Civil Guard was carrying out. The driver, uninjured, has been arrested.
Two of the deceased are police officers, specifically from the GAR (Rapid Action Group), while the other four people were at the scene and were also run over. Three other police officers are seriously injured, the Spanish Association of Civil Guards has reported through social networks. The tragic event occurred around 4:40 a.m.
Although it was initially reported that the truck had skipped the checkpoint, the Civil Guard has indicated in a statement that the causes of the accident "in principle appear to be accidental." The driver, upon receiving signals from the agents, swerved towards the shoulder, running over the first three official GAR vehicles and at least two other vehicles that were inside the device. Alcohol and drug tests have been carried out, with negative results.
The emergency services have traveled to the scene, at kilometer 20 of the road, as well as a judicial commission and an investigation team from the Civil Guard to carry out a first visual inspection. Traffic is interrupted for two kilometers in the direction of Seville, causing traffic jams from early in the morning on the highway.
Los Palacios y Villafranca, with 38,000 inhabitants, is a town located 32 kilometers south of Seville.
