A BRITISH tourist has died in Magaluf (Mallorca) after being mowed down by a drunk driver, who is now in custody charged with negligent homicide.
The victim, A. O'Bryan, 30, was originally thought to be Irish due to his name and the fact he was not carrying his passport to enable his identification, but he was later found to be a British national on a long weekend away in the Mallorca club capital with a group of friends.
He had been consuming alcohol himself before the accident, and was walking along the road, but the motorist's 'aggressive and erratic driving' and the fact he showed up positive for alcohol and drugs showed that the collision was not unavoidable or caused solely by inattention on the victim's part.
Local Police attended the scene at around 03.10 yesterday (Sunday) morning and found Mr O'Bryan in cardiac arrest.
A mobile intensive care unit rushed to the C/ Pinada, where the holidaymaker had been run over, but were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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