Car drives in Barcelona through a lot of waiting football fans

A car drove through a waiting amount of football fans shortly before the city derby between Espanyol Barcelona and FC Barcelona. According to new police, 15 people were injured near the stadium, none of them were serious. At first, 13 injuries were reported. The incident also overshadowed the early win of the championship title for Barça with coach Hansi Flick with the 2-0 (0: 0) victory.

Video recordings of the incident aroused bad memories of terrible attacks with cars. But after an initial assessment, the police assumed an accident in which an older driver had lost violence over her vehicle, as the newspaper « La Vanguardia » reported.

Briefly chaotic location

The driver had driven her car into an area with many football fans near the Espanyol Stadium, which was closed to traffic. She had briefly accelerated what annoyed many of the bystanders who surrounded the car. Police attempted to calm the briefly completely chaotic location, as could be seen on video recordings.

Then the car suddenly accelerated, drove through the crowd, sanded several people through meters and finally crashed into a fence. The driver, who was not a criminal record, was arrested, as the newspaper « La Vanguardia » continued. It is accused of ruthless driving and assault.

Briefly interrupted game

The incident also had an impact on Espanyol’s important football game against Barça. Fans of Espanyol had asked Joan García to not play the ball and stop the game. The encounter was then briefly interrupted a few minutes after the kick -off.

The referee ran to the sidelines and advised himself with those responsible and also a police officer. The game was then continued. The stadium’s loudspeaker system said that nobody was seriously injured. Some Espanyol fans did not agree and left the stadium in protest.