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Spanish police arrest 4 after hit-and-run killed officer

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AP Madrid
Spanish police say they have arrested four minors allegedly involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a police officer in the northeastern province of Huesca.

Police say officer Jose Antonio Perez stopped the suspects' vehicle to carry out an alcohol test and leant into the car yesterday night.

The 17-year-old driver accelerated, dragging the officer 460 meters. The vehicle then hit a guardrail and crashed into an oncoming car, flinging the 54-year-old Perez onto the road where he died.

Police say the youths then fled, abandoning Perez and two people injured in the other car.

Police arrested two 17-year-olds the alleged driver tested positive for drugs and two 14-year-olds today before delivering the suspects to juvenile court officials in the city of Barbastro.
 

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First Published: Mar 05 2016 | 10:22 PM IST

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