The DGT evening feed listed 19 road closures at 17:30 on Thursday 5 November, with roadworks excluded from that count. One carriageway was closed on five other roads. The same snapshot showed 31 accidents and 325 stopped vehicles. Conditions change by the minute, and the feed does not cover the Basque Country.
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Police in Alicante province arrested a surf club instructor over ten alleged sexual assaults involving students under 18. The head of their language school filed the complaint after speaking to parents. Police said the students gave matching accounts and identified the same man. He is now before Alicante’s duty court and has not been convicted.
Juanma Moreno called on Thursday for a full audit of the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed line after court experts found three deformed points near Adamuz. Adif has asked a judge to approve repairs. The experts do not object, but they want inspection reports and the missing file on work carried out after the crash that killed 46 people.
Petrol averages €1.702 a litre across Spain on Thursday 5 November, while diesel averages €1.889. Las Palmas has the lowest provincial petrol figure and the Balearic Islands the highest. A 55-litre petrol fill costs about €15.18 more in the Balearic Islands. Stations can change their prices at any time.
The DGT listed 20 roads closed at 06:29 on Thursday 5 November, excluding roadworks. One carriageway was closed on three more roads. The snapshot also showed 20 accidents, 73 stopped vehicles and 308 roadworks. Live incident figures can change by the minute.
Court experts have found at least three new track faults near the Adamuz crash site. The rails were renewed under the same scheme as the point tied to the fatal crash. The team backs urgent tamping but has asked the judge to obtain inspection, emergency repair and material records from Adif.