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

By Chris King • Updated: 12 Apr 2023 • 2:23

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

Image of Guardia Civil motorcycle officers. Credit: Guardia Civil

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.

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Chris King

Originally from Wales, Chris spent years on the Costa del Sol before moving to the Algarve where he is a web reporter for The Euro Weekly News covering international and Spanish national news. Got a news story you want to share? Then get in touch at editorial@euroweeklynews.com

Comments

    • Lizzie B

      13 April 2023 • 01:54

      Whilst this is a tragic story where a police officer sadly lost his life, this was not how you report it.
      It was not a head on crash, you only need to look at the impact site on the car to realise that. The police officer was overtaking at great speed on a road where markings clearly show an arrow to “ move in”. The left hand turn the British driver was taking was a legimate turning onto the urbanisation where he lived and a turn he’d made most days for 20 years. There was no illegal turns, nor continuous lines in the road that had been crossed. Look on Google earth for clarity! It was a terrible accident but the fault is not with the elderly British driver as your article is implying. The police officer was speeding and on wrong side of the road and overtaking someone who was legally turning left off the main road- that’s why he hit the car on the side. The 2nd police officer didn’t see a thing as he was considerably ahead of the accident and not with his colleague as reported. It’s great to have up to date news but please make sure you have the right facts before you darken someone’s character just because the casualty was a police officer and the driver an elderly British driver.
      Sending heartfelt condolences to the riders family and colleagues and also to the British driver who will also be devastated.

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