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It circulated for 70 kilometers repeatedly disobeying the orders of the agents
His driving forced totally cut off the N-344 from Yecla to Jumilla
Is credited with the authorship of the crimes alleged manifestly reckless driving, driving under the influence of drugs and resistance and disobedience to law enforcement
The Civil Guard of Murcia has stopped the driver of an articulated vehicle of 40 tonnes, in Yecla, by circular clearly driving recklessly with conscious disregard for the lives of others and under the influence of toxic drugs.
The arrest took place after a hasty flight for more than 70 kilometers from Archena to the vicinity of Yecla.
About 23:30 last Friday, June 24, the Sector / Subsector Traffic Murcia received an alert from the local police in Archena in which it was reported that a large articulated vehicle driving through the village of Algaida irregularly shaped oscillating zigzag movement occupying the entire roadway, and had disobeyed repeated stop signs that had been made.
A patrol of the local police in Archena began tracking with optical signaling and special acoustic activated, unable to overtake, as in the many attempts to do that vehicle was moving to his left and blocked the way to the police car with obvious risk to its occupants.
Under these conditions, the articulated vehicle, followed by Patrol Local Police Archena, continued his risky journey through the RM-522 (Archena-Ojós) road towards Villanueva del Rio, following the RM-523 road (Ulea A-30) Ulea address.
Access to the A-30 (Albacete-Cartagena) patrol motorists Detachment Traffic Civil Guard of Murcia, who had come to support, is strategically placed in front of the articulated vehicle in order to enable their stop, unable to get it because the slow speed for it to stop, rather than quicken and forced the Civil Guard patrol to increase speed to avoid being overwhelmed.
In his risky and dangerous flight, the articulated vehicle went into the A-33 (A-30 N-344) and continued its march in the direction of Jumilla, preceded by the patrol of the Traffic and followed by Patrol Local Archena police and another patrol of the Civil Guard Post Archena who had joined the device, making it impossible to stop it, because in the various attempts to tighten the noose and force him to stop, its driver was swerving violent to stop with the risk of collision to police vehicles.
Finishing the tour of the A-33 agreed to the N-344 road (Almeria-Valencia by Yecla), eluding stop device set at the roundabout joining the latter route and who had joined other police vehicles Civil guard and local police in Jumilla, continuing his daring escape in the direction of Jumilla and seriously endangering several vehicles traveling in the opposite direction as the articulated vehicle occupied the entire roadway rocking back and forth movements, which motivated it appropriate to completely cut off the circulation of the N-344 road from Yecla, in Almería sense to avoid possible collisions.
Simultaneously the collaboration of the Commissariat of National Police of Yecla, for the establishment of a device set barreamiento with the Civil Guard, which stood in the town of Fuente del Pino (N-344, Km. 81,900) is requested , in which a system of metal skewers control motivated to try avoid it, the articulated vehicle is'll blow more wheels activated, which did not prevent that in these conditions, with several damaged tires and fire hazard due to overheating, continue without stopping.
However, at kilometer 88,400 of the N-344 road, taking advantage of the articulated vehicle had to go significantly reducing their speed because of flat tires, an agent got after breaking a window pane, access the inside of the cabin and after a struggle with the driver to stop the truck, after a chase of over 70 kilometers.
The agents identified the male driver, Spanish, 40 years and resident of Murcia, in presenting clear and obvious of being under the influence of some substance incompatible with driving symptoms, was subjected to mandatory breath tests and drug which gave a positive result in cocaine.
From these facts we proceeded to his arrest for two offenses against road safety reckless driving with conscious disregard for the lives of others and driving under the influence of drugs and crime of resistance and disobedience to law enforcement, being transferred to units of the 5th Zone of the Civil Guard in Murcia and entered their cells until presented in the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Yecla (Murcia) mid-morning on Saturday, June 25, decreed the precautionary withdrawal of permission driving and provisional release pending trial.
The articulated vehicle, carrying different material drugstore from the industrial area of ​​Lorquí to Morocco, was removed by a service crane large tonnage of the town of Albacete Caudete, also being available to the judicial authority.
This device has been determining the effective coordinated action of troops from different Security Forces to ensure that eventually could have stopped the vehicle without it were a disgrace of incalculable consequences.
Specifically have intervened patrol riders and a team of crowded Sector Traffic Civil Guard of Murcia, three patrols of the Civil Guard Jobs Archena, Abarán and Jumilla four patrols local police Archena (1) Jumilla (2) and Yecla (1), and two provisions of the National Police of Yecla.
The offense of joyriding with undisguised contempt for the lives of others, is enshrined in the Penal Code and can be punished with sentences ranging from prison of two to five years, a fine of 12 to 24 months and deprivation of the right to driving motor vehicles and mopeds from 6 to 10 years.
Driving under the influence of narcotics and psychotropic drugs has identified alternative prison sentences of three to six months, a fine of 6 to 12 months or work for the benefit of the community of 31 to 90 days, and the suspension of the right to drive by time over 1 year and up to 4 years.
On the other hand, the crime of resistance and disobedience to law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties is punishable under the Penal Code with imprisonment of three months to one year or a fine of 6 to 18 months.
In cases of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs affected vehicles are immobilized with special devices that prevent their movement until their drivers are able to continue their journey, once they have lowered the blood alcohol level or missing the presence of drugs, or take over other drivers enabled and previous appropriate tests.
The Civil Guard continues to reiterate his message to those drivers who recklessly and reckless, despite campaigns and warnings from the General Directorate of Traffic, driving after drinking or taking drugs, remembering that, notwithstanding the systematic implementation of regular preventive or special controls during the summer and the considerable increase in movements involved both long journey to the vacation spots as especially short distance derived from leisure activities and festive, performing the required tests will increase alcohol and drugs to all drivers that are reported by the commission of offenses, involvement in accidents or those where consumption is detected in the course of other surveillance and inspection to be carried out, in order to raise awareness citizens of the incompatibility of these substances with driving given the loss of reflexes and abilities to control vehicles pose, and thereby ensure road safety on our roads, avoiding, in this way, the production of road accidents and serious consequences, as in this case could be brought, appealing to the use of collective transport or alternative formulas for these displacements are not getting behind the wheel in these conditions, especially by younger drivers
Also, at the approach of summer, the Traffic Civil Guard anticipates that at this time a special campaign to control alcohol and drugs on driving, within the timetable set by the Directorate General of Traffic and TISPOL Association will be held (European Traffic Police Network), with the aim of spreading the importance of respect for the rules and reduce consumption derived accident alcohol and drugs on driving, to guarantee road safety.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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