Authorities believe driver distraction is a possible cause of the crash. The driver of the articulated vehicle, after receiving signals from the officers, maneuvered “abruptly”.
The truck driver apparently swerved onto the hard shoulder, hitting the first three official vehicles and at least two others civil vehicles which were part of the police checkpoint.
Six people died in the early hours of Tuesday morning. At least two of the victims are agents of the Guardia Civilwhile the other four are people who were at the scene and who were crushed, according to initial information.
The truck driver tested negative for alcohol and other drugs.
The driver of the truck, who has been arrested, is unharmed. He was tested for alcohol and other drugs, all of which came back negative.
The incident occurred Tuesday morning at dawn, around 4:40 a.m., at a Civil Guard checkpoint on Highway 4, which connects Seville to Cádiz, at kilometer 20, near the Sevillian town of Los Palacios . Traffic on the highway was stopped at kilometer 24 during the court proceedings.
The injured were transported to different medical centers.
Ocular inspection and other formalities for the court are carried out by the traffic sub-sector with the reconstruction team of theaccident.
THE seriously injured were transferred to different medical centers: the Macarena Hospital, the Nuestra Señora de Valme University Hospital and the Virgen del Rocio Rehabilitation and Trauma Hospital, in Seville.