Tourists run over in Magaluf 'by Brit after girlfriends had a fight'
A British tourist has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a horrific hit-and-run injured a woman and a man in the Majorcan party resort of Magaluf.
The holidaymaker, a man in his late 20s, was allegedly filmed mowing down two pedestrians in a hire car after an argument outside a nearby fast food restaurant after getting into a row with another man following a fight between their girlfriends.
Footage published by island newspaper Ultima Hora showed the suspect appearing to drive deliberately at a group of people stood on the pavement and knocking his victims flying.
Police confirmed the arrest this morning as they said one of the hit-and-run victims was a British man and the other a Polish woman.
Another three people next to them, a woman they had been chatting to and two men a couple of feet away, managed to run out of the way and reach safety as the car approached at speed and veered towards them.
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A British tourist has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder (Ultima Hora)The Polish woman was left unconscious on the pavement, and both were rushed to a private hospital in the island capital Palma.
The horror incident happened just after 4am on Thursday.
Local reports said the suspect had previously rowed with a British man whose girlfriend had got into a scrap with his partner.
He reportedly left the scene in a rage before mounting the pavement and injuring the two people he appeared to deliberately drive at in the CCTV footage which has emerged.
It is not known whether the man he had argued with moments earlier was one of the two people he hurt.
The suspect, a 29-year-old who has not yet been named, was arrested at nearby Son Matias beach after a police manhunt.
The woman was knocked unconscious in the crash (Ultima Hora)Officers reportedly discovered he had been drinking and consumed drugs, although the Civil Guard have so far not confirmed the results of drink and drug tests.
A spokesman for the force said this morning in its first comments on the case: “A 29-year-old British man who was on holiday in Majorca has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide following a hit-and-run incident in Magaluf in the early hours of yesterday morning (THURS).
“He was held at nearby Son Matias beach after a police search for him and his vehicle.
“The incident was preceded by some sort of argument that is still under investigation.
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“One of the people hurt is a Polish woman and the other a British man. Both were also on holiday in the area.”
A well-placed source said: “They were both hospitalised but despite the severity of the impact they did not suffer serious injuries and have now been released after treatment.
“They are very likely to have survived without life-changing injuries. The footage clearly shows the car hit them full on at speed.”
The suspect is due to appear in court in the next few hours so an investigating magistrate can decide whether to remand him in custody or release him on bail. The hearing will be held in private as is normal in Spain where only trials take place in public.
In May 2019 a British woman was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence after confessing to mowing down the girlfriend of her ex outside flats in Federico Garcia Lorca Street near Magaluf’s brash Punta Ballena area.
The suspect, a 29-year-old who has not yet been named, was arrested at nearby Son Matias beach after a police manhunt (Ultima Hora)Kemi Coaker, then 30, from Manchester, admitted running over Meghan Tattersall, then 25, from Leeds, after a plea bargain deal at a court in Majorca.
Kemi was arrested in May 2018 on suspicion of trying to kill Meghan in a hate-fuelled hit-and-run after the younger woman started dating her ex Andrew Coaker, 41, from Reading.
She was held half an hour after the May 8, 2018 incident in the nearby resort of Cala Vinyes.
The victim’s injuries were initially described as serious and she took three weeks to recover from leg wounds which required surgery.
As well as receiving a two-year suspended jail sentence for a crime of wounding with a dangerous weapon, Coaker was also handed a three-year restraining order preventing her from going within 500 metres of her victim.
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