The person under investigation for the multiple hit-and-run in Playa Blanca in which a five-month-old baby died has not been able to testify this Thursday before the Investigating Court number 1 of Arrecife. The reason has been the impossibility of testifying due to a nervous breakdown.
According to the Court's Communication Office to La Voz, the woman, 23 years old and of British nationality, was not in a condition to testify, according to the coroner, so she will testify on a date soon, yet to be determined.
For the moment, the Judge has released her on bail as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of reckless homicide (culpable, not intentional) and another of driving under the influence of alcohol, toxic drugs, narcotics or psychotropic substances (379.2 of the CP). This provisional release measure was agreed in accordance with the position of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which did not request pre-trial detention.
As precautionary measures, the Chamber has established the obligation apud acta, that is, to sign in court, on the 1st and 15th of each month, as well as the withdrawal of the passport and prohibition to leave the national territory. The multiple hit-and-run occurred on Monday afternoon and ended the life of a five-month-old baby. In addition, six other people were injured and remain hospitalized since then. Two of them in the Intensive Care Unit. Among them, the parents of the newborn and her maternal grandparents.
