National Police officer killed

JORDI DUART OLMOS, a 27­year­old National Police officer from Valencia, who was still in training, died on Saturday, April 1 in Madrid. According to police sources, his motorbike was involved in a collision with a Samur­Proteccion Civil ICU ambulance that was driving in the wrong direction in the Retiro district of the capital city. The young policeman was stationed in the Usera district of Madrid and was on his way to work when the crash happened. The incident took place at around 7:30am, at the junction of Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona and Calle Cafeto. The young man died on the spot, according to a spokeswoman for Emergencias Madrid. Madrid Municipal Police are carrying out an investigation into the circumstances of the accident. The driver of the ambulance, a 46­year­old man, was arrested on suspicion of reckless murder.