A 31-year-old man of Colombian nationality, He died today run over by a car on a Madrid road when he was cycling the Camino de Santiago from Madrid accompanied by his father, 61, who was seriously injured in the same accident.
The double outrage, which is being investigated by the Civil Guard, occurred in the middle of the afternoon this Saturday when the driver of the car apparently lost control of the vehicle and left the road after crossing the opposite lane, where the two cyclists were circulating.
The event occurred at kilometer 26 of the M-608 -a road very frequented by cyclists on weekends-, in the municipality of Manzanares el Real, in the province of Madrid.
The first to help the victims were two off-duty National Police officerswork continued by health workers from the Manzanares Health Center and the Madrid Emergency Medical Service (Summa 112), who unsuccessfully tried to revive the 31-year-old cyclist for half an hour from the cardiorespiratory arrest he presented, after which they confirmed his death .
The other injured cyclist, his father and 61 years oldsuffered various fractures in the lower and upper extremities, for which he was transferred by helicopter to the Puerta de Hierro hospital in Majadahonda (Madrid), where he was admitted in serious condition, reported Emergencies 112.
In the vehicle that ran over a married couple and their 12-year-old son. The three were unharmed, although the boy had to receive assistance from a Summa psychologist.
Although no hypothesis is ruled out, everything indicates that the driver fainted or fell asleep, sources close to the investigation have told Efe.