Begoña, a Civil Protection volunteer, died today after being crushed yesterday by an ambulance while collaborating in a test of the Spanish Paracycling Championship, which was being held in the Madrid towns of

Cenicientos

and

Cadalso de los Vidrios.

The accident occurred when an ambulance was called to attend

to a cyclist who suffered a blackout

.

The emergency vehicle overturned and upon leaving the race, it hit Begoña and another colleague who was on the route as volunteers.

Begoña

, a member of the

Civil Protection Association of Piedralaves

(Ávila), could not overcome the injuries suffered after the accident and died this Sunday, as reported by the city council of Cadalso de los Vidrios and Civil Protection of Ávila.

As a result of the fatal accident this morning this morning, the decision was made to suspend the Championship by the City Councils of Cadalso de los Vidrios and Cenicientos, the organizers of the Championship and the RFEC, as a sign of mourning and respect for the volunteers of Civil Protection, very affected by the death of his partner.

The paracyclists participating in this Championship have also supported this decision.

The

Royal Spanish Cycling Federation

has also "deeply" regretted the death of Begoña and, together with the municipalities of Cadalso de los Vidrios and Cenicientos.

Until the moment of suspension, the handbikes and tricycles had completed the test, with the triumph of all the favorites, who reissued the victory obtained in 2020 in Cartagena:

Alejandro Gastón

(MH1),

Sergio Garrote

(MH2),

Luis Miguel García Marquina

( MH3),

Martín Berchesi

(MH4),

Ivan Manoel Montero

(MH5),

Natalia Vitoria

(MH2),

Eva María López

(WH3),

Eva María Moral

(WH4),

Gonzalo García

(MT1) and

Joan Reinoso

(MT2).

The Spanish championship began last Friday with the holding of the

hand bike relay test

, continued on Saturday with the time trials until its suspension in the afternoon session due to the accident, and had to conclude this Sunday with the tests online of the different categories in competition.

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