Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist on the C-31 in Castelldefels

A cyclist was killed on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 14, when a car struck him on the C-31, the road known locally as the autovía de Castelldefels. The driver left the scene without stopping. Officers of the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalonia’s police) found the driver a short time later and made an arrest.

It was the second death on Catalan roads that Saturday. Hours earlier, a truck driver was killed in a rear-end collision on the AP-7 motorway at Mont-roig del Camp, in the province of Tarragona, and that crash kept the motorway closed, Metrópoli Abierta reported.

What the traffic authority said about the C-31 crash

The first account came from Ramon Lamiel, director of the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT, the Catalan government’s traffic authority). He described the crash in comments to 3CatInfo, the news service of Catalan public media. La Vanguardia and Metrópoli Abierta both reported his statement.

According to Lamiel, a vehicle hit and killed the cyclist on the C-31, and the person at the wheel drove off. La Vanguardia said the driver fled at first but was then located and detained by the Mossos.

The police have not explained how they traced the driver, and no name has been released. No charges against the driver have been announced.

What has not been disclosed

Several basic facts about the crash remain unknown. La Vanguardia reported that no details had emerged about the exact spot where the cyclist was hit or about the circumstances of the collision. The authorities have not given the time of the crash beyond the morning, the direction either party was traveling in, or the type of car involved.

The cyclist has not been identified, and nothing has been said about the cyclist’s age or hometown. The arrested driver has not been identified either.

Two fatal crashes on Catalan roads in one morning

The Castelldefels death came after the collision on the AP-7 at Mont-roig del Camp, where a truck driver died when one vehicle ran into the back of another. Metrópoli Abierta said the AP-7 remained cut at that point after the crash. No reopening time had been given in the reports.

The two crashes happened on different roads: the C-31 runs past Castelldefels on the coast south of Barcelona, while Mont-roig del Camp is in Tarragona province. Both were confirmed on the same Saturday morning.

Why it matters for people on Barcelona-area roads

The C-31 at Castelldefels is part of the road network used by residents of Barcelona and the towns along the coast south of the city. A fatal hit-and-run involving a cyclist on that road affects anyone who rides or drives there, and the arrest means the case now moves to the police and courts.

For drivers heading south, the AP-7 closure at Mont-roig del Camp was a second source of disruption on Saturday. The SCT is the official source for road closures and reopenings in Catalonia, and its director confirmed the death in Castelldefels.

What to watch next

The Mossos d’Esquadra have the driver in custody. Further details from the police about the crash, the driver and any court appearance had not been announced by Saturday morning. The SCT has not said when the AP-7 at Mont-roig del Camp will reopen.

Sources: Metrópoli Abierta, La Vanguardia