The National Police have arrested a man in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas after running over his wife while arguing with her in a squatted villa in Estremera and leaving her badly injured at the house of some friends in Rivas, they have informed Europe Press police sources.

The events occurred yesterday Thursday afternoon when a couple began an argument in a squatted shack in Estremera. She ran out of the house and headed to the bus stop.. The man left home and looked for her through the streets of the municipality until he found her.. Then, he ran over her, hitting her with the side of the vehicle at the door of a gravel pit.. The car was traveling at about 80 kilometers per hour at the time of the hit, according to witnesses.

To prevent her from going to the hospital and reporting what had happened, the attacker forced her partner to get into the car, leaving her badly injured at the house of some friends in the town of Rivas Vaciamadrid, who took her to the Southeast hospital, in Arganda del Rey, where she is hospitalized in serious condition.

Then, the National Police and the Municipal Police were alerted to what had happened and carried out raids to try to locate the perpetrator, finding him at 9:30 p.m. at Avenida de las Glorietas number 20, in the Madrid neighborhood of Pozo del Tío Raimundo.

Noticing the police presence, the driver sped up the vehicle and made irregular maneuvers to escape.. Therefore, a persecution began that ended in the Well.

The man, a 41-year-old Spaniard, had blood stains and the car had damaged the lateral area. Refused to submit to drug and breathalyzer tests. The arrestee had a previous record for assault and disobedience to authority and ill-treatment. The victim, a 45-year-old Spanish woman, is recovering in hospital.