The city of Seville has dawned shocked after a tragic hit-and-run that has revealed a sequence of extremely serious events. A middle-aged man has lost his life this Monday after being run over by a vehicle and dragged for several kilometers, from Lumbreras street, next to Torneo street, to San Francisco Javier avenue, in the district of Nervión.
The event occurred around 8:20 a.m., at which time the body was found trapped under the car of the driver involved, just as the vehicle stopped on the aforementioned avenue. The tragic discovery immediately activated the emergency services.
Urgent intervention of emergency teams
Local police, firefighters and 061 personnel were on the scene, as confirmed by 112 and the Seville City Council. The scene forced to establish a wide security perimeter and to cut the circulation in one of the busiest arteries of the city.
The removal of the body is underway, while a specialized unit of the Local Police has taken over the proceedings to clarify how an accident of such magnitude could have occurred.
A complex investigation: all cameras under review
The investigation is now focused on analyzing the images from traffic cameras spread throughout the city. This material will be key to reconstructing the car’s route and confirming when the hit-and-run occurred, how it happened and why the body remained hidden under the vehicle for several kilometers.
The first information suggests that the victim is a homeless person of Spanish nationality, according to sources close to the case. Everything indicates that the man remained trapped under the vehicle during the whole journey, until the driver noticed his presence when she reached the Nervión area.
Traffic cuts and detours on Tussam lines
The very serious accident has caused important traffic jams in a time slot of maximum vehicular affluence. San Francisco Javier avenue remains cut off in the direction of Diego Martínez Barrios avenue, causing considerable congestion in the surrounding area.
Also, several Tussam lines have had to be diverted as a result of police intervention and the presence of emergency teams in the area.
An event that shocks the neighborhood and raises questions
Neighbors and passersby in the area early in the morning were shocked by the display and the magnitude of the accident. The fact that the body was dragged over such a long distance raises many questions that the investigation will have to answer in the coming days.
In the meantime, the city awaits the progress of the proceedings to understand the circumstances surrounding this accident in Seville, one of the most shocking in recent years.
The Local Police continues to work to clarify every detail of this event that has shaken Seville and has left a scene of enormous human and urban impact.
