The Court of First Instance and Instruction of Pravia has ordered on Tuesday the entry into provisional detention, communicated and without bail of the man who fatally ran over a civil guard last Saturday when he was guarding a cycling event.

As reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Asturias (TSJA), the court has adopted this decision according to the arguments and the qualification made by the Prosecutor's Office, which initially attributes to the detainee, 29 years old, eight crimes: homicide by recklessness, attempted homicide, injuries, vehicle theft, driving without a permit, reckless driving, Omission of the duty of relief and damage.

The Public Ministry has requested the precautionary measure for sufficient evidence about the authorship of the facts, the seriousness of them and the risk of escape of the detainee, who has taken advantage of his right not to testify, reported the Prosecutor's Office of the Principality of Asturias.

The death of the agent, Dámaso Guillén, 48 years old and a native of Bailén (Jaén), occurred around 17:40 p.m. on the AS-236 road, in Beifar (Pravia), when the agent, a motorist from the Oviedo detachment, was on duty in the Santiago Santana test.

The driver fled with a stolen vehicle after staging a brawl in the town of Pravia, where he had attacked a man with an ax.

After skipping the stop given by several agents, he ran over Dámaso Guillén when the civil guard intervened to prevent the young participants in the sports event from being attacked.

The agent, who has been posthumously distinguished with the medal of the Order of Merit with red badge, the highest, died on the spot, while the author of the outrage fled the place, although he was arrested hours later.

The Cathedral of San Salvador de Oviedo hosted on Monday the funeral for the civil guard, attended by commanders of the armed institute, the National Police and the Army, as well as different authorities and young people who on Saturday participated in the test in which the agent died overwhelmed.

"If he hadn't gotten in the middle, probably half the team wouldn't be here. He is our hero. He saved our lives and on April 1 we were born again," said Pelayo González, one of the cyclists in the race.

  • Oviedo
  • National Police
  • Santiago de Compostela
  • Jaén (Spain)
  • Justice

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