Madrid (EFE) kilometers per hour in an area limited to 50, police sources have confirmed to EFE.
In addition, the person arrested, Pedro VS, was carrying 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.
The Civil Guard stopped him in Leganés
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 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 VS fled to the capital Madrid and, after traveling about 12 kilometers, around 1:05 p.m., 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 Madrid Municipal Police.
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.