Jailed the man who killed a civil guard who protected a children's cycling race in Asturias

A court in Pravia (Asturias) has sent to prison the 29-year-old man who fatally ran over the Traffic Civil Guard Dámaso Guillén, 48 years old and a native of Bailén (Jaén), who had crossed his motorcycle on the road to protect an amateur cycling race, with a peloton made up of minors between the ages of 14 and 15 (and younger) from a grade school.

The Prosecutor's Office has accused the detainee of eight crimes, who just before the fatal attack had attacked a man with an axe, had stolen the car of the crime and had ignored the civil guards who stopped him seconds before running over the man. agent of the Oviedo Traffic detachment.

The Court of First Instance and Instruction of Pravia has ordered this Tuesday the entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail, after the Prosecutor's Office requested it under the accusation of reckless homicide, attempted homicide, injuries, robbery of vehicle, driving without a permit, reckless driving, omission of the duty to help and damages, as reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Asturias (TSJA).

The detainee has not testified.

The death of the agent, Dámaso Guillén, 48 years old and from Bailén (Jaén), occurred around 5:40 p.m. on the AS-236 highway, in Beifar (Pravia), when the agent, a motorist from the Oviedo detachment, He was on duty in the test of the VIII Santiago Santana Trophy.

The peloton for this amateur cycling competition was made up mostly of children between the ages of 14 and 15, cadets, in a race organized by the Santi Pérez Cycling School, in Grado, and the sports area of ​​the Town Hall of the latter town.

The aforementioned school, an institution in Grado and in Castrillón, teaches all types of bicycle sport to children of all ages.

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our colleague Dámaso Guillén, civil guard of the Oviedo Traffic Detachment, who died in the line of duty on April 1, when he was guaranteeing #road safety in a cycling event.

#RIP #InMemrorian pic.twitter.com/HAbCwIPkbN

– Civil Guard 🇪🇸 (@guardiacivil) April 3, 2023

A driver who fled with a stolen vehicle from a brawl in the town of Pravia, and who skipped the stop given by several agents, ran over Dámaso Guillén when he intervened to prevent the young participants of the sporting event from being rammed .

The motorist was thrown

The civil guard, who has been posthumously awarded the medal of the Order of Merit with a red badge, the highest, died on the spot, while the perpetrator of the attack fled the scene, although he was arrested hours later.

The deceased had a wife and daughter.

The cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo hosted this Monday the funeral by the civil guard, which was attended by commanders of the armed institute, the National Police and the Army, as well as different authorities and the young people who on Saturday participated in the test in which the agent died run over.

“If he hadn't gotten in the way, probably half the team wouldn't be here.

He is our hero.

He saved our lives and on April 1 we were born again ”, acknowledged Pelayo González, one of the cyclists in the event, during the funeral.