An unusual drink-drive incident took place in Salceda de Caselas (Galicia) when the police had cause stop a car with a man lying on the roof.
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School Stabbing
by Hugh MacArthur •
A 12-year-old girl stabbed a 14-year-old classmate five times at schools. The incident occured at the at the IES Valdebernardo, in Vicálvaro; a part of Madrid.
Canabis Plantation in Flames
by Editor •
Two young men were injured one Sunday in a house fire in Segur de Calafell (Tarragona), suffering burns on 19% and 11% of their bodies – and it’s all because of hash.
Road Deaths Weekend
by Hugh MacArthur •
Nine deaths in nine road accidents across Spain between 15.00h Friday the 20th and midnight Sunday the 21st. Two were pedestrians and three were bikers.
Two Children Electrocuted
by Vivienne Hughes •
Two adolescents have died of electrocution in two separate incidents; one a girl of 14, and the other a boy of 10.
Peeping Tom Soldier
by Martin Myall •
A Spanish soldier is up before a military tribunal in Zaragoza, standing accused of installing minicameras in the showers and washrooms of female soldiers.
Drink-Drive Bus Driver
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil in Murcia arrested a bus driver who was six times over the alcohol intake limit. He had been stopped on the A-7 with 40 passengers on board.
The Tragic Nineteenth
by Vivienne Hughes •
Yesterday harvested the lives of three toddlers in separate accidents across the country. We have already covered the drowning of a 4-year old in Órgiva, but two more died on the same day.
Drivers vs. Cyclists
by Martin Myall •
In the space of only a week there have been three cases of drivers, two of them under the influence of alcohol or drugs, in one instance both, ploughing into groups of cyclists.
Two Deaths from Falls
by Martin Myall •
A 13-year-old boy fell from the roof of an abandoned factory in Teià (Barcelona) on Sunday the 14th and died from the 10-metre fall.