Barcelona, May 16 (EFE).- Seventeen people were injured, one of them critically, after a car hit a crowd of Espanyol supporters on Thursday night before the Laliga match against Barcelona.<\/p>
The Department of Health of the Generalitat has confirmed that four patients are hospitalized, including a 41-year-old man in a serious condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).<\/p>
The local police confirmed that the driver of the vehicle, a 34-year-old woman, was arrested and tested negative for alcohol and drugs.<\/p>
The Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan police force, are investigating the incident and have opened proceedings to establish the cause.<\/p>
Emergency services attended to 16 of the injured at the scene of the incident, but a further person later went directly to a health center for treatment, bringing the final number of injured to 17.<\/p>
Images posted on social media by some fans show dozens of Espanyol fans surrounding and shaking a white car, which suddenly moves forward, dragging several fans with it for tens of meters.<\/p>
The son of Xavier Garc\u00eda Albiol, the mayor of Badalona, a town near Barcelona, was among the injured. EFE<\/p>
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