MADRID – Authorities in Spain arrested two people who appeared to be drunk after the car they were in injured seven people while fleeing from a police road check in the southern coastal town of Marbella.
The Interior Ministry says the driver also was seriously injured when the car eventually crashed.
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The Civil Guard says officers tried to stop the car at a motorway check Sunday evening when it sped off into the town, where it rammed into a crowded pedestrian avenue.
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The Interior Ministry says that three people were injured on the street and that the driver and four others were hurt in a multiple car accident caused by the fleeing car.
The ministry says police arrested two passengers in the car. It says both showed signs of having abused alcohol.
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