Shocking moment two ‘British tourists’ were run over and seriously injured in Magaluf ‘by another Brit who had a fight with a man after their girlfriends had a fight’
- The 29-year-old suspect was arrested after a short chase
A British tourist has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a horrific hit-and-run accident at Magaluf Resort in Majorcan.
The holiday maker was pictured cutting down two pedestrians, also believed to be visitors from the UK, in a rental car after an argument outside a nearby fast food restaurant on Thursday morning.
Footage published by Al Jazeera newspaper Ultima Hora today showed that the suspect appeared to be deliberately driving his car in the direction of a group of people standing on the sidewalk and knocking over two men while flying.
Three pedestrians—a woman they were talking to and two men about two feet away—saw the oncoming car and narrowly avoided clipping it as the car quickly approached and swerved into them.
Bystanders noticed that an oncoming vehicle was speeding towards the sidewalk and sped to safety
Two men are caught off guard and the car crashes into them and throws them into the air
One of the victims was left unconscious on the dock and they were taken to a private hospital in Palma, the island’s capital.
It was not immediately clear if they remained in hospital this morning, although it is believed that their injuries are not serious despite the severity of the impact.
The horror incident occurred after four in the morning on Thursday.
Local reports said the suspect had previously rowed with a British man whose girlfriend got into a riot with his partner.
He is said to have left the scene in a rage before returning minutes later behind the wheel, onto the sidewalk and ramming his victims.
It is not yet known if the man he had argued with moments earlier was one of the two he had injured.
The designer was pictured clipping two pedestrians, also believed to be visitors from the UK, in a rental car
One of the victims was left unconscious on the pier and they were taken to a private hospital in Palma, the island’s capital.
The suspect, a 29-year-old whose name has not yet been released, was arrested at nearby Son Matias beach after a police chase.
Officers reportedly discovered that he had been drinking and taking drugs, although the Guardia Civil had not been contacted earlier this morning for comment.
In May 2019, a British woman was given a two-year suspended prison sentence after admitting to mowing down her ex-girlfriend’s flat outside on Federico García Lorca Street near Magaluf’s Punta Ballena area.
Kimmy Cocker, then 30, from Manchester, admitted to running over Megan Tattersall, then 25, from Leeds, after a plea bargain in a Majorca court.
Kimmy was arrested in May 2018 on suspicion of trying to kill Meghan in a hate-fueled hit-and-run after the young woman began dating her ex-husband Andrew Cocker, 41, of Reading.
Kimmy Cocker, from Manchester, was pardoned from prison after admitting to the attack but ordered to stay at least 1,600 feet from her victim
Bartender Megan Tattersall, required surgery on both legs after hit-and-run at Cala Vinyes resort
She was arrested half an hour after the May 8, 2018 incident in the nearby resort of Cala Feniz.
The victim’s injuries were initially described as serious and she took three weeks to recover from leg cuts that required surgery.
In addition to her two-year suspended prison sentence for the crime of injury with a dangerous weapon, she was also issued a three-year restraining order banning her from coming within 500 meters of her victim.
