The coach of Elche CF, Eder Sarabia, denounced this Wednesday on his social networks an attempted attack against him and a friend while cycling on a road near the town of Parcent, Alicante.
“Yesterday I was about to suffer a misfortune on the road,” he begins by recounting in the publication. To then begin by telling how he was on the verge of suffering a terrible accident with a friend while riding a bicycle by a driver who had previously honked at them “insistently.” He tried to intimidate them as he passed by them and even “hit” them.
“I was the one who was on the inside and whose foot was hit by the vehicle.” left, on the side, on the hand and the handlebars”, the ex-footballer continues to explain. Furthermore, Sarabia has assured that he is fine because, despite receiving the impact of the vehicle, he was able to control the bicycle and not fall to the ground, despite crossing in the opposite direction to the maneuver. However, “luckily no vehicles were passing by at that time.”
Sarabia assures in the statement that the seriousness of the events has led him to report the driver. And he took the opportunity to demand safety on the roads: “Yesterday I was able to save myself, but there are many people who have suffered. serious accidents, even those who have lost their lives in acts like this”.
In the letter he also decrees that all he wants is to enjoy the sport without suffering any incident: “I just want to enjoy the sport and to be able to return to my house where my wife and daughter are waiting for me.
“I make this public complaint with the sole intention of raising awareness and Ask for respect from all the people who use the road. Each one with their responsibilities. Let us be aware of the seriousness of the issue and let us remedy it so that misfortunes do not continue to happen,” he says.
