LUIS F. DURAN Madrid

Madrid

Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-23:44

A civil guard has been injured in a chase in Madrid, on the A-4, of a vehicle that fled after being stopped, and whose driver, who was driving under the influence of narcotic substances,

was arrested after accessing a gas station where he hit the agent with the car.

Around four thirty in the afternoon,

a team from the Citizen Security Unit of the Madrid Command

observed this vehicle when it carried out an evasive maneuver on the A-4 (Andalusia highway), at kilometer 12, in Getafe, sources from the armed institute have informed EFE.

When the agents proceeded to stop him, the driver fled and entered a gas station, where, after ignoring the agents' signals, he ended up hitting one of the civil guards, causing various injuries, including broken bones

. of the right hamstring and erosions on the arms.

The driver, a 26-year-old man, has been arrested and is charged with

the crimes of reckless driving, attack against a law enforcement officer,

falsifying documents and driving under the influence of narcotic substances.