Emotional farewell to the civil guard who stopped the cyclists from running in Asturias: “He is our hero”

the cathedral of San Salvador de Oviedo is hosting this Monday a funeral for civil guard Dámaso Guillénwho died on Saturday when he was performing security duties at a youth cycling event in Pravia and was run over by a 29-year-old man fleeing in a stolen vehicle.

The agent, 48 years old, He was awarded posthumously the medal of the Order of Merit with a red distinctionthe highest difference.

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The commanders of the armed institutions, the National Police and Armyas well as various authorities, attended the funeral, where members of Las Mesta cycling clubs, participants in the trial in which the agent died when he intervened on his motorcycle to prevent the driver running in a stolen car from being run over as he passed through the town of Beifar.

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“If he didn’t block, probably half of the team wouldn’t be there. He is our hero. He saved our lives and on April 1 we were reborn,” said Pelayo González, one of the cyclists.

The funeral was also there Director General of DGT, Pere Navarrowhich ensured that all society was “indebted” to the traffic agent to be buried in Bailen (Jaen), his hometown.

The death of the civil guard occurred on Saturday at 5:40 pm at kilometer 8 of the AS-236 highway, when the agent, a motorist from the Oviedo detachment, was on duty at try ‘Santiago Santana’.

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A driver fleeing with a stolen car from a fight in the town of Pravia and skipping the stop given by several agents ran into Dámaso Guillén, who blocked to avoid running over the participants of the sports event.

The civil guard died on the spot, while the assailant fled, although he was arrested soon after.