Jorge García Díaz, former mayor of Colmenar Viejo and deputy of the Madrid Assembly (PP), has died at the age of 43 in a traffic accident recorded at 8:05 a.m. this Thursday when the former mayor was returning to his home on the highway. M-608 and coming from the nearby town of Guadalix de la Sierra.
After colliding head-on with another car in which a family was traveling, whose members have suffered potentially serious injuries, Díaz has been trapped in his vehicle where he has suffered cardiorespiratory arrest, as reported by Emergencies 112 of the Community of Madrid.
The PP of Madrid, in a message on its account on the social network The leader and president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, among other colleagues, has added to the condolences, who has confessed to feeling "dismayed" by the death of the deputy, "a good man who gave everything to represent his beloved Colmenar Viejo anywhere." "A big hug on behalf of the entire PP Madrid to his family and friends," she expressed.
The Popular Parliamentary Group has asked the Assembly Board to observe a minute of silence in memory of the deceased in the plenary session scheduled for tomorrow, Friday. While the Consistory has summoned the municipal spokespersons of the opposition to "determine the actions to be carried out in honor of his figure."
The passengers of the second vehicle involved, all members of the same family, have suffered injuries of varying severity in an accident whose causes are being investigated by the Civil Guard.
The woman, 40 years old and pregnant, has suffered trauma to the chest and pelvis, and the man, 38, trauma to the knee and elbow. One of the children, aged 10, has suffered erosions caused by the belt, while the other, aged 14, has fractured his collarbone. All have been stabilized and transferred with a potentially serious prognosis to La Paz Hospital.
As the morning progressed, the signs of pain continued. "After receiving the terrible news, we join the pain of the Madrid PP after the death of Jorge García Díaz. All my love to his family, friends and colleagues. RIP," wrote the leader of the national PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo.
For his part, the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has pointed out that "the loss of Jorge García Díaz is a hard blow. At the service of his neighbors as mayor of Colmenar Viejo and later deputy in the Madrid Assembly, but above all a good person and a good friend."
On the same social network, the PSOE of Colmenar Viejo has regretted the accident, has expressed its regret for the death of the former popular mayor and has conveyed a hug to his family and friends, as has the leader of Más Madrid, Mónica García, and the spokesperson for Vox in the Madrid Assembly, Rocío Monasterio.
Born on February 26, 1980, García Díaz was a councilor of Colmenar Viejo from 2001 to 2016, the year in which he was sworn in as mayor of the town, a position in which he has held until 2023.
In the regional elections last May he was elected deputy of the Assembly in the ranks of the PP.
