Six killed on the road from the beginning of the May bridge | Spain
Six people have died and eight others have been injured in traffic accidents in the early hours of the May bridge, according to a provisional balance of The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT that collects the claims produced from the beginning of the output operation, at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, and until midnight from Thursday to Friday. One of the most serious accidents, with a deadly victim and seven injured, occurred yesterday in Mallorca after losing control of a bus and running over a group of cyclists. Among those affected, of different consideration, there was a six -month -old baby. In the early hours of this Friday, and outside the traffic statistics, another multiple output in palm with five injured, two of them seriously has occurred. One of the drivers has positive for alcohol consumption.
This May bridge, celebrated just 10 days after Holy Week, provides 7.54 million displacements From Wednesday until midnight on Sunday, May 4. It will last a day less than in 2024, when 11 people died on the roads. Traffic recalls that the biggest problems will be given in the downtown area because this Friday is a holiday in the Community of Madrid and is not school for many students in many autonomous communities.
The first day of the bridge, which corresponded to the output operation, there were two deaths in Toledo and Ourense. The first happened in El Toboso, where a 52 -year -old man died and another 34 was injured after the frontal clash of two cars. The second, which occurred at the last minute in the municipality of Sandiás, was an outrage of a tourism in which a 80 -year -old man lost his life.
On Thursday, International Labor Day and National Holiday, three accidents were recorded after deaths. In the most serious, which occurred on the Mallorcan road of Pollença al Port de Pollença, a cyclist of about 40 years died and there were seven injured. There were also three vehicle outputs of the road in Outes (A Coruña), on the A-4155 road as it passes through Alhama de Granada, and Albacete, with three other deceased (two of them 44 and 47, of the third there are no data) and a serious injury.
The outrage that has occurred in the early hours of this Friday in Palma has been the product of the clash of two cars in the area of Santa Catalina de Palma, as reported by the Local Police. The two serious injured are a 26 -year -old and another 28 year old. The other three are two women aged 26 and 30 and a man of 39, as reported by Samu 061.
This Friday, May 2, it is a holiday in the Community of Madrid and non -school for many students in several communities. Traffic expects usual movements of large urban centers to be a working day in the rest of the autonomies, while in Madrid and their area of influence, short -travel journeys are foreseen to recreation areas with returns late in the afternoon (especially between 19.00 and 21.00). For the rest of the country, exit movements to the coastal and second residence areas are expected for the beginning of the weekend.
You have to take special care over time, since rain and storms They have put 15 autonomous communities on alertthree of them, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencian Community, with important risk.
After a Holy Week in which 26 people lost their lives on the road, Traffic insists on making a call to prudence and respecting the rules « so that we all enjoy these days of rest and return to tell it. » Before starting the trip, it is recommended to inform yourself of the forecasts of time at the State Meteorology Agency, check the vehicle and plan the safest route. Regardless of the vehicle used, it is essential to avoid distractions, not take any alcohol and drugs, respect the speeds for each type of roads and wear the safety belt and the helmet.
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