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ISSUE NO. 1748
3 - 9 January 2019
Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018
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Horror smash
THE AFTERMATH: A car hit diners outside El Calderon, shattering the peace in Caleta (inset).
By Sally Underwood FOUR people were left injured after a vehicle left the road and barrelled into diners outside a cafe in Caleta de Velez. A married couple and two further family members were all hit after a car allegedly mounted the pavement and smashed into the terrace of the El Calderon bar opposite the town’s marina. Married business owners Antonia Lopez and Modesto Gomez, and Antonia’s two sis-
ters, Eva and Mercedes, say they were all injured in the crash. Modesto is being treated in Axarquia Regional Hospital for a broken left leg, while the women suffered from bruising and dizziness. The four had visited El Calderon to buy seafood before deciding to sit outside the bar to eat. A few minutes later, the car allegedly smashed
through a bollard on the pavement, knocked down a lamppost and the bar’s awning and hit them all where they sat. Antonia told one publication the driver was a foreign women in her 40’s, adding, ‘it seems that she said she had confused the pedals to accelerate and brake,’ before claiming, ‘the fact is, once she rammed us, she kept accelerating, she did not leave.’
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Hope for Axarquia homes
AN organisation is demanding a meeting with the new Andalucian government over the future of around 300,000 Axarquia homes not recognised legally. Save Our Homes Axarquia (SOHA) said it hopes the new President of the Junta de Andalucia, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, may work with them to find a solution to the many properties built on non-urban land whose owners face uncertainty. Phil Smalley, SOHA’s president, said more than 50,000 families are affected by the issue, which saw many buy properties
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Lopez added: “The woman in the car said that she did not know what had happened, but the car came right at us, imprisoning my husband’s leg against the awning post, until he fell.” She praised the ‘magnificent treatment’ they received by the health services, staff at El Calderon, and other diners. Modesto told one publication, all four were suffering from shock after the incident, adding, ‘it was horrible, terrible, I do not wish it on anyone.’
in good faith before finding their home is not considered legal and could even face demolition. He commented: “This is not a British or Spanish thing. It’s a matter of licensing and it can happen to anyone at any time,” adding, “we want to find a solution, not an amnesty as some propose, because that would be admitting we have committed a crime.” Mr Smalley said Mr Moreno Bonilla had previously spoken about approving an ‘end-point law,’ to solve the issue.
Fire rescue A MAN and his pets have been rescued from a house fire in VelezMalaga. The 61-year-old man is recovering at Axarquia Regional Hospital after being injured in the blaze. Emergency services rescued him from his home on the fourth storey of a building on Calle Polideportivo after he inhaled smoke. Local Police, fire services and sanitary services removed the man and his pets, and transferred him to hospital.
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