Brit tourist, 50, is killed and his wife, 48, is seriously injured after they were mown down by drunk driver outside their Spanish hotel
- The couple were coming back to their hotel in Murcia before the crash
- The drunk driver mowed them down and fled the scene
- He was found to have been three times over the limit
A British man has died in hospital after he and his wife were hit by a drunk driver outside their Spanish hotel.
The 50-year-old man tragically succumbed to his injuries after he was taken to the emergency room of Murcia City’s Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital.
His wife, 48, is still in a critical condition in the same hospital. The couple have still not been identified.
The crash took place on Tuesday night, outside the Costa Narejos Hotel in Los Narejos.
The couple were coming back to their room at around 11pm that night, and were crossing the road when they were run over by the drunk driver.
After he fled the scene, local police caught him and found he was more than three times over the legal alcohol limit.
The crash took place on Tuesday night, outside the Costa Narejos Hotel in Los Narejos (pictured)
The driver has since been charged with a series of offences, including driving without a licence, and may face a reckless homicide charge as well.
The tragic crash comes after a British woman accused of driving under the influence of alcohol before mowing down a family, killing a four-month-old baby, finally appeared in a Spanish court, after he first hearing was cancelled due to a panic attack.
Olivia Brown, 23, declined to answer questions at the closed hearing in the island capital Arrecife.
She was told she could remain on bail and a travel ban preventing her from leaving Spain was kept in place.
British mother Alex Chadkirk, 28, was hurt in the March 11 crash after Brown's Ford Fiesta mounted the pavement and careered into her and her baby girl Harper Ayton.
Harper, whose recruitment education worker mum proudly showed off her baby daughter in adorable photos following her birth last November, died at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics to save her.
