A 46-year-old woman from Lleida died on Thursday night after being hit by a vehicle on the A-2 motorway as it passes through Bell-lloc, according to the Catalan Traffic Service. The victim, identified as E.C.M., is the fifth traffic fatality in the Lleida region this year.
Mossos d'Esquadra officers were alerted at 22:10 on Thursday to a road incident at kilometre 474 of the A-2 in Bell-lloc, heading towards Mollerussa. A car fatally struck a pedestrian at this point on the A-2 for reasons still under investigation. Two Mossos d'Esquadra patrols and four SEM (Medical Emergency System) units were activated following the incident, but they could not save the victim's life.
Before the fatal collision on the motorway, the woman had been seen walking on the Ll-11 road, and her destination was unknown, according to reliable sources who spoke to the newspaper. Pedestrians are not permitted to walk on motorways and dual carriageways due to the high risk of being hit by a vehicle.
Other Incidents Across Catalonia
Separately, two people were injured on Thursday night when their vehicle collided with a wild boar on the AP-2 motorway in Vinaixa. This incident occurred at 23:10, and the injured were taken to Arnau de Vilanova Hospital. On Friday morning, a motorcyclist was injured in Olius, and at midday, a collision near La Seu d'Urgell left four people with injuries of varying severity.
In Bassella, at 13:28 on the C-14, two cars collided, with one falling down a 15-metre embankment. The driver was airlifted to Arnau de Vilanova Hospital. In Soriguera, on the N-260 road, two motorcyclists sustained minor injuries.
Regional and Catalan Road Fatalities
Lleida ended April with a total of five traffic accident deaths this year. The latest was the Bell-lloc incident on the A-2. This figure is one more than during the same period last year. Four of these victims were on interurban roads, while one occurred on an urban road. This includes the 89-year-old Alfarràs resident who died after being hit by a driver later arrested by the Mossos d'Esquadra for serious negligent homicide, as reported by Segre.
Catalan roads have recorded 33 deaths in 32 fatal accidents up to 30 April this year. This is 20 fewer than during the same period last year, a reduction of almost 38%, according to the Catalan Traffic Service. Compared to 2019, a reference year for meeting objectives, there have been 21 fewer fatalities, representing a 39% reduction. Regarding serious injuries, 209 have been recorded this year, a lower figure than the 220 in the same period last year. April saw 11 fatalities, one fewer than the previous year. Of the 33 people who have died this year, 26 were men and seven were women, while among the seriously injured, 158 were men and 51 were women.
