Electric scooter rider arrested on Catalan AP-7 motorway after fleeing police twice, Digi Mart USA News (Girona, Catalonia, Spain): Catalan police arrested a 25-year-old man accused of refusing to obey orders after he fled officers twice while riding an electric scooter on the AP-7 motorway. The incident occurred on Friday, November 6, in the morning, when officers spotted the young man on a scooter traveling on the motorway near Girona, in the direction of the French border.
According to police sources who spoke to the Catalan News Agency, the public press agency of Catalonia, the events took place at 7:45 a.m. Officers first attempted to stop him, but he ignored their orders and continued on his way.
The Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan police, managed to stop him about 100 meters further on.
The man provided no information when asked for his identification documents. Once identified, he fled again despite instructions to stop.
Police eventually arrested him in the municipality of Sant Gregori, at kilometer marker 58 of the AP-7.
He is suspected of committing the offense of rebellion and refusing to obey an authority. Police also issued citations for riding on a motorway, not wearing a helmet, refusing an alcohol breath test and lacking insurance.
The report was published by L’Indépendant and attributes the details to El Periódico and the Catalan News Agency; the facts have not been independently verified.
