The driver who killed a young man after taking a bus shelter in Neptuno tests positive for alcohol

He was driving faster than permitted and under the influence of alcohol, when, unfortunately for two young people who were waiting for the bus in Neptuno Square, their paths crossed. The accident took place around 3 a.m., after the driver lost control of his vehicle heading to Atocha and crashed into the EMT marquee. As a result of the brutal impact, one of those affected, 25 years old, died on the spot, while the other had to be taken to the hospital with advance notice suffering from multiple fractures in his trunk and legs. For his part, the man who was behind the wheel, 33 years old, suffered a head injury and also had to be hospitalized in serious condition.

There, the Municipal Corps agents who were guarding him subjected him to a blood test to clarify whether he exceeded the permitted levels of alcohol or had ingested drugs: the result was positive in the first of the tests. He was accompanied in the car by another man, who was unharmed; and according to the data collected by the members of the Judicial Traffic Police Station, it is likely that they returned from a Christmas dinner. The car had all the papers in order. As the investigations progress, he could be charged with manslaughter due to serious recklessness, serious injuries and reckless driving.

The City Hall Firefighters stabilized the vehicle and proceeded to repair the damage to the marquee, which this Friday morning was found fenced and without half of the windows. At that same point, another 15-year-old boy was fatally hit by a vehicle that was also traveling at high speed while waiting with his father.

«On December 9, 2016, a heartless person took the life of my dear son Iván, who was 15 years old. He killed him because he was driving while consuming cocaine, alcohol and psychotropic drugs, and at a speed that was three times the maximum permitted speed. “Iván was waiting at the bus stop and he ran over him,” the teenager’s mother said then. The woman reported that “four years were not enough” for a man who drove a stolen car, tested positive for alcohol and drugs and exceeded the maximum speed allowed on the Prado promenade, reaching 130 kilometers per hour.