MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING HIT AND RUN DEATH

The Alicante Civil Traffic Guard has arrested a man as the alleged perpetrator of the hit-and-run that took place on July 14 in the municipality of Orihuela on the border with Redován.The detainee,a 39-yearold resident of Vega Baja,voluntarily turned himself in at the Civil Guard post in Dolores.He will now be made available to the Orihuela Guard Court according to police sources.

The accident happened on July 14, around 07:30 hours.That day,the Traffic Subsector Operations Center (COTA) of the Civil Guard of Alicante received a notice from 112 reporting the location of a person lying on the ground,who seemed to be dead.

The body was about 2 metres from the N-340 road,at kilometre 691.250,in the municipality of Orihuela and bordering Redován.

A traffic patrol from the Civil Guard of Orihuela immediately went to the location,confirming that an unidentified man was found lying dead,suggesting that it was a hit-and-run.Enquiries established the identity of the deceased,a 55-year-old man of Ukrainian nationality and a resident in Vega Baja.

The evidence was given to the Traffic Subsector Investigation and Analysis Group (GIAT),so that steps could be taken to locate the vehicle and its driver.Within a few days the Civil had narrowed the search down to a commercial van,and the alleged driver identified.

However before steps could be taken to make an arrest the man why the Government has failed to respond to chair Brain Langstaff’s recommendation in April that a formal compensation framework be established to support the victims.

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He currently had an indictment pending from Orihuela Investigating Court No.2,another from Investigating Court No.3, one from Orihuela Criminal No.3 and another from Murcia Criminal No.5.In addition,there was a police warrant issued on him by the Alicante Traffic Subsector.

The detainee has now ben charged with the crimes of reckless homicide and abandoning the scene of the accident.He will be presented in the coming days to the Orihuela Guard Court.

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