The cyclist Bautista, 37, wear reflective clothing, died early yesterday after being hit by a vehicle that was fled. The sportsman, an amateur from small to the bike, was hit against the protective fence of the highway of Toledo (A-42), which made him lose almost in the act the life. It was a brother of the victim who recognized him in the same place of the incident. About five hours later, the Civil Guard of Traffic arrested the alleged author of the accident, a truck driver from the municipality of Hernia.
All life on two wheels
"Oscar had had some scares with the cars, but never anything serious that made him leave the bike. He was in love with her and did not leave her at all." This was expressed yesterday Luis, the brother of the cyclist who died after being hit by a truck driver on the Toledo highway.
Born on January 3, 1976, Oscar Bautista was married and had a nine-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son. He resided in the Toledo municipality of Yelets, as well as part of his family. In his Facebook account, he kept some photos of some important climbs he had done in his career, such as the climb to the top of bisque, one of the mythical summits of the Tour.
Oscar worked in Balata, Bautista and sons, a family business founded more than 30 years ago by the victim's father. "He always came and went on a bike, because he was very comfortable and it was not an especially long ride. It had become his great passion, "explained his brother Luis.
"I feel a lot of helplessness and indignation over the way he has died. You can run over a person, but at least I could have stopped to help you, "he continued in a telephone conversation with this newspaper.”I nevertheless cannot believe that. I work with him every day and it will be very hard to have to face the day to day without being at my side as always, "he added. Soon, the arrest of the alleged author of the accident, the truck driver of Heritage, was confirmed.
Oscar Bautista always used the bicycle to move from his home in Yelets, in the province of Toledo, to his family's industrial building, dedicated to the repair of bumpers, in the polygon of Las Agendas, in Torreon de la Caldara. The distance is about 12 kilometers; and for this athlete it was a small tour. Yesterday, like every day, he wore his helmet and reflective vest to be seen from afar. In addition, he had installed a taillight in the saddle.
Civil Guard sources explained that the use of motorways by cyclists is prohibited, except in the case that there are no alternative routes nearby. Only and exclusively they can circulate by the shoulder without entering in the lanes destined to the rest of users, like the automobiles.
At 7.37 yesterday, the emergency services received the call of a person who said that a man was lying in the gutter, on the entrance lanes, at the height of kilometer 28.6 of the Toledo highway, in the term of Torreon de la Caldara. When the emergency services and the Civil Guard of Traffic came, they realized that it was a cyclist.
The first investigations indicated already from the beginning to which some vehicle had hit him laterally and had projected against him to the quarters. That caused him serious injuries and left him lying on the asphalt. The physicians of a mobile UVI of the Summa appreciated throughout the body and certified his death, according to an emergency spokesman 112.
Luis, one of Oscar's three brothers, recognized the corpse in situ. He also went to the family business, which was less than 500 meters away, along the deviation to the industrial zone. The accident had happened a few minutes ago. "When I saw the clothes with reflective tape on the floor, I realized that he was my brother. I stopped and made myself available to the Civil Guard, "Luis explained.
To the place moved the holder of the Court of Instruction number 6, that yesterday morning was on guard. He ordered the removal of the body and the transfer to the Anatomical Forensic Institute, in the University City, where the autopsy was performed.
