The driver of a car has run over five people who were participating in a bicycle march in the Madrid district of Chamberí and has subsequently turned himself in at a police station and is being investigated for a crime against road safety..

As reported by Emergencies Madrid, the events occurred at 10:00 p.m. on Thursday at different points on Alberto Aguilera Street, when a car accelerated and knocked down five cyclists, of which only one had to be transferred to the Fundación Jiménez University Hospital. Díaz with minor bruises.

The rest, also with minor injuries and discharged at the time, were treated at different points on the street: two of them at San Bernardo Street, the same number next to the Plaza del Conde del Valle de Súchil and the fifth at the height of Vallehermoso street.

The wounded participated in the monthly “bicicritic” march that starts from Plaza de Cibeles and which on this occasion was held in support of Palestine.

At first the man fled, although he later turned himself in at the Hortaleza police station of the Madrid Municipal Police, where he was identified and is being investigated for an alleged crime against road safety, although he has not been arrested. according to police sources informing EFE.

The suspect was subjected to a breathalyzer test at the police station, which was negative..

In addition, the man filed a complaint against the cyclists themselves, as he claims that they attacked him and his partner and hit his vehicle..

According to the same sources, the attack was not motivated by the protest nature of the march in favor of Palestine..