Officer Tests Positive for Drugs After A-7 Pile up That Killed Three Tourists
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FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR TRAVEL SPECIAL SOUTHERN SPAIN Venice, away Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD from the June 30th to July 6th 2017 crowds www.surinenglish.com Andrew Forbes News 2 What To Do 50 discovers the early 24 55 Comment My Home morning delights of ‘La Lifestyle 25 Sport 61 Health & Beauty 42 Classified 66 Serenissima’ P36-39 in English Food & Drink 48 Pastimes 74 BANDERAS TAKES TO LOCAL STAGE The actor showed his support for young talent in Malaga at a drama school event but repeated his withdrawal from Astoria theatre project P26 Antonio Banderas receives an award from the Malaga stage school ESAEM. :: SALVADOR SALAS Officer tests positive for drugs after A-7 pile up that killed three tourists Tragedy struck on the Costa’s roads drugs. He was arrested and re- Simon Manley and Liz Parry. :: ÁLVARO CABRERA A Guardia Civil on Wednesday afternoon when manded in custody. One person died sergeant was three people died and several oth- at the scene while two others, all ers were injured in a collision at the members of the same family, died Liz Parry receives BEM for arrested and point where the motorway from later in hospital. The three were trav- Malaga city and the A-7 merge near elling with relatives, all from Ku- services to British residents refused bail after Torremolinos. An off-duty Guardia wait and Bahrain, to Puerto Banús Civil officer, who was driving a ve- for a short holiday, after being picked the fatal accident hicle that apparently caused the up at Malaga’s train station, sources British Ambassador, Simon Manley, presented the former crash, tested positive for alcohol and said. An inquiry is under way. P3 editor with her British Empire Medal on Thursday P8 Paul Baysse signs on the Marbella town hall and dotted line but Malaga Starlite add the final are being made to sweat touches to agreement over the signings of ahead of this year’s music Roberto, Jorge Meré and festival which starts next Borja Bastón P64 month P12 & INSIDE 22222222 June 30th to July 6th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Doñana fire narrowly avoided the edge of the main national park, say officials The cause of the blaze is main handicap for those battling thought to have been a the blaze. The regional environment minister, José Fiscal, said that the coal store and over 8,000 operation had been carried out “in hectares have been the most difficult conditions in liv- affected, although not in ing memory in Andalucía”. Estimates are that some 8,400 the most environmentally hectares of pine forest have been sensitive area affected in an environmentally-pro- tected buffer zone around the na- :: SUR tional park itself. Most of the trees HUELVA. The forest fire that broke burned were pines from reforesta- out near Moguer in the province of tion, planted around 50 to 60 years The blaze near Moguer moving towards Doñana last weekend. :: EFE Huelva last Saturday, threatening ago, and fortunately not the high- the famous Doñana national park, est-value vegetation in the area. tion of the El Acebuche Iberian was brought under control by Tues- Director of Doñana, Juan Pedro lynx breeding centre, on the edge day morning, to the relief of envi- Castellano, said that the flames had of Doñana, during which an adult ronmentalists and residents. got as far as seven to ten kilome- female, known as Homer, died. It Some 2,000 people, many of whom tres from the edge of the national is thought that the stress of being were on holiday in the popular coastal park proper. The cause of the fire caught and transported to a safer nature reserve, had been evacuated is thought to have been human er- location was what caused the death as the fire spread, burning some ru- ror in a coal store near Moguer. of the animal. ral buildings and a campsite. The blaze temporarily cut off road More than 550 firefighters from Firefighters had feared that the access to the Matalascañas beach Infoca (the forest fire specialist flames would spread through the on Sunday, leaving tourists “unable unit), as well as from the emergency pine trees into the heart of the to use their cars and with nowhere military unit (UME) and the Hu- Doñana national park itself, putting to go” until a secondary road was elva provincial fire consortium, the delicate ecosystem and wildlife cleared and a Guardia Civil escort with more than 20 vehicles on the at risk. Initially strong and chang- provided. ground and 25 aircraft, worked to ing winds of up to 90kph were the The fire also forced the evacua- A firefighter dampens down the fire near its source on Tuesday. :: EFE control the blaze. Summer storm causes fires in Benahavís, Alozaina and Casarabonela Difficult access to the The storm, coming after days of Benahavís town hall commented rugged terrain delayed unseasonably high temperatures, that at no point did the fire brought little rain but came threaten any residential areas. the firefighting operation charged with electricity, with light- Five helicopters were aiding the in Benahavís, which was ning striking in several areas. firefighting operation at one point concentrated in an area The Benahavís blaze, in the Si- on Sunday. erra Palmitera hills, just behind The firefighting operation was near La Zagaleta the exclusive La Zagaleta housing complicated as blazes broke out in development, was first reported Alozaina and Casarabonela, in in- :: MONICA PÉREZ at 12.45pm. As many as 53 fire- land Malaga province, at around MARBELLA. The summer storm fighters were brought in to tackle the same time. Both of these fires that crossed the province of Malaga the flames, although the moun- however were extinguished by last Sunday is thought to have been tainous terrain meant that the first 7pm. behind three forest fires that broke deployment on the ground took Meanwhile the Benahavís blaze out in Benahavís, Alozaina and an hour to reach the fire. was described as “stabilised” by Casarabonela. The Infoca forest fire unit and 10pm on Sunday night. Flames spreading across the hillside in Benahavís last weekend. :: J-L June 30th to July 6th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Bail denied for Guardia Civil officer suspected of causing A-7 pile up that killed three family members The off-duty officer tested positive for alcohol and drugs at the scene as an investigation into twelve separate charges against him begins :: ÁLVARO FRÍAS/JUAN CANO MALAGA. Three people died and several were injured in a serious traffic accident on a heavily-used section of the A-7 near Torremoli- nos on Wednesday afternoon. One person was killed instantly, and two others died later in the inten- sive care unit of Malaga’s Carlos Haya hospital. All were from the same family. After the accident an off-duty Guardia Civil officer, who had been driving one of the vehicles in- volved, was arrested, and tested positive for alcohol and drug con- sumption, investigators have said. The accident happened at about 4.15pm near Torremolinos at kilo- metre 225, in the direction of Fuen-en- girola, exactly where thee A-7 (Malaga outer ring road) convergesnverges with the AP-7/MA-20 motor- way coming from Malagaga city and the airport. SeveralSever vehicles were involved in the fatal collision on Wednesday. :: NIEVES CASTRO The person who dieded at the scene of the accidentdent therethere was an initial colli- milligrammes of alcohol per litre less homicide and seven for caus- was a 48-year-old woman.man. sionsion between the vehicle of expired air and showed that he ing injury. Two others, a 27-year-oldr-old beingbein driven by the had taken cocaine. The Guardia Civil has suspended man and a 30-year-oldr-old GuardiaGuar Civil officer and An investigating judge has be- the officer from his post, the gov- woman, died later in hos- anotheranot car, which was gun an inquiry into two charges ernment’s representative in Anda- pital. An 18-year-old girl is pushedpush beneath the Mer- against road safety, three for reck- lucía said. still in the intensive care cedescedes Vito van, causing it unit; she is consciouss and to overturnov several times. her condition is said to be se- TheTh driver of the van es- All those who died and from Bahrain. The young man rious but stable. A motherer and capedcaped with minor injuries, but who died was from Bahrain and daughter were also admittedted to severalsevera passengers were thrown were family was 27 years old. hospital with various fractures.ures. outout of thet vehicle and their belong- members from The family were tourists visit- Several vehicles were involvedlved ings were scattered in the road. ing the Costa del Sol for a few in the collision, including a nine-e- Kuwait and Bahrain days’ holiday. They were all ex- seater Mercedes Vito people car- Tailbacks on the motorway. Traffic tailbacks tended relatives of the same fam- rier which had collected a family :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ The accident caused chaos on the The tragic accident on Wednesday ily and had just been collected from the main railway station in nearby road network for hours af- on the motorway near Torremoli- from Malaga’s María Zambrano Malaga and was on its way to terwards. The hard shoulder had to nos claimed the lives of three railway station and were being Puerto Banús. be used as a traffic lane, and, at members of the same family. A driven to Marbella, sources said . A number of people phoned the Several vehicles were times, there was a tailback of seven mother and her son were killed, In the Mercedes Vito taxi, apart 112 emergency hotline to report involved in the collision, kilometres.