Guardia Civil motorcycle officer killed in collision with British driver near Valencian town of Turis

A Guardia Civil motorcycle cop lost his life near the town of Turis in Valencia after he was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by an elderly British national.

A 53-year-old Guardia Civil motorcycle officer died this morning, Monday, April 10, after he was involved in a collision with a vehicle allegedly being driven by a British national. The incident occurred at around 11:15am on the CV-415 near the municipality of Turís in Valencia.

Francisco Ramón Montes, from Detachment A of the Valencia Traffic Subsector, was on traffic duty accompanied by a sergeant from the same detachment at the time of the crash. The officer with more than 25 years of service was monitoring traffic on the roads on Easter Monday.

The crash took place at the intersection of the CV-415 with access to the Cañapar urbanisation. Investigations into the cause of the accident are ongoing but initial reports from Levante-emv suggested that an elderly driver of English nationality allegedly made an ‘improper turn’. This resulted in the policeman’s motorbike and the car having a head-on collision.

As a result of the impact, the officer was reportedly catapulted from his bike onto the road surface. Images of his motorbike posted online showed the whole front section of it destroyed by the collision.

His partner was riding in front, and the deceased officer was just behind him. Francisco was reportedly taken by surprise when the driver of the oncoming car crossed a continuous line in the middle of the road.

Medical personnel from SAMU de Buñol and Basic Life Support were also deployed to the scene with a doctor and nurse from the Turís Health Centre.

The professionals carried out resuscitation manoeuvres on the 53-year-old officer but nothing could be done to save his life since he had reportedly not shown vital signs at the time of their arrival, according to lasprovincias.es. A breathalyser test was carried out on the driver, which returned a negative result.

Nuestro más sentido pésame para la familia, compañeros y amigos de Francisco Ramón, guardia civil del Destacamento A del Subsector de Tráfico de Valencia, fallecido hoy en acto de servicio, a los 53 años.

Descansa en paz, Hermano. pic.twitter.com/k2kgrR0Wlr

— Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) April 10, 2023

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