The accident of former boxer The family of the former Spanish boxing champion and former world champion in different contact sports will report to the City Council “for serious recklessness.”
This was confirmed this Wednesday by a spokesperson for the Vosseler law firm, which represents the family. According to this source, at least seven other motorcyclists, four of whom have already contacted the Moyas' defense to join their legal actions, have suffered recent accidents in this same place, although fortunately without fatal results.
The tram works have forced this section of the city to be remodeled. Until recently, before reaching the conflictive corner, the part near the sea side was a bicycle lane, which is now temporarily inactive. From Sicília Street onwards, the road becomes cycle-friendly again, but many protective rubber bollards have disappeared or no longer have reflective elements.
The law firm points to the first of these bollards, “isolated, black, poorly marked and poorly lit,” as the cause of the accident. The family, broken with pain, has commissioned an expert opinion. The motorcycle could have become unbalanced due to an invisible obstacle and fate would have it that the pilot was thrown with such force that the helmet could not prevent the tragedy. Nearby, in a flower box, the offerings accumulate. Candles, messages and boxing gloves.
The black rubber separator, thick and inconspicuous, was at the beginning of a bike lane that suddenly reopened for drivers, according to the draft complaint. It was the only separator in that section of the road, as seen in the recordings that circulate on social networks and that have been verified by this newspaper. According to the firm, after the accident, the City Council marked the bollard with a traffic cone.
This warning "did not prevent another motorist from suffering an accident at the same point a few days later, this time without a fatal outcome." Aragó Street is one of the main traffic arteries of the Catalan capital. And also one of those with the highest accident rate. Four intersections on this road are among the most conflictive in the city: Aragón street near Roger de Llúria, Pau Claris and Passeig de Gràcia.
The fourth crossing is that of Sicília, which during 2002 recorded 14 accidents, according to a report from the Urban Police. The podium of accidents was occupied by the intersection of General Miter with Ganduxer (20 accidents), Gran Via with Comte de Urgell (19) and Gran Via at number 304 (17). The Urban Police, it was said following the presentation of the report, would analyze the causes of the high concentration of accidents in these locations to propose improvements and improve safety.
All traffic deaths are regrettable, but with the departure of Xavi Moya at the age of 55, we not only say goodbye to an extraordinary boxer, well known for his devotion to RCD Espanyol, but also to an athlete involved in numerous social projects. “He never had a no,” explain those who knew him. Contact sports and boxing were also a means of social inclusion and rehabilitation for him, as he instilled in many young people whom he helped redirect their lives.
