Gandia Drink Driving
A drunken driver in Gandia ran over and killed one cyclist and seriously injured two others last week.The victim was a longshoreman from Gandia .He had retired and enjoyed cycling.He was with two of his friends when he died.One of the injured men managed to take the license number of the car which had hit them.
After the hit and run the driver of the car was picked up by the Guardia Civil drinking at a bar in Tavernes de la Validigna.When the suspect was arrested he confessed to causing the accident.He had already had a conviction for drink driving in 2006.At that time he had his license taken away for one year.
A judge has allowed him to be free pending his trial.He must report to the court each week.He stands accused of negligent manslaughter,two counts of causing grievous bodily harm and failing to stop after an accident.One would imagine that drink driving might be on the list too.
Gandia Drink Driving
A drunken driver in Gandia ran over and killed one cyclist and seriously injured two others last week.The victim was a longshoreman from Gandia .He had retired and enjoyed cycling.He was with two of his friends when he died.One of the injured men managed to take the license number of the car which had hit them.
After the hit and run the driver of the car was picked up by the Guardia Civil drinking at a bar in Tavernes de la Validigna.When the suspect was arrested he confessed to causing the accident.He had already had a conviction for drink driving in 2006.At that time he had his license taken away for one year.
A judge has allowed him to be free pending his trial.He must report to the court each week.He stands accused of negligent manslaughter,two counts of causing grievous bodily harm and failing to stop after an accident.One would imagine that drink driving might be on the list too.
Alicante News-Illegal Residents
From the results of a recent report it is thought that 40% of foreigners who are registered as residents in any one of the 141 towns in Alicante province do not have a legal permit to live in Spain.This amounts to more than 185,200 people .There are 1,917,012 people registered in the province and 460,965 are foreigners.Most of them arrived in Spain illegally.
What many do not know is that they can register as residents in the town whetre they live regardless of whether they are there legally or not.If they do this they can access healthcare and education for free.If they manage to avoid deportation for three years and prove with a certificado de empadramiento that they have been there for that amount of time then they can request legal residence in Spain.