Truck driver lynched

Valencia - A 44-year-old truck driver was lynched in this eastern Spanish city yesterday by relatives of a 20-month-old child…

Valencia - A 44-year-old truck driver was lynched in this eastern Spanish city yesterday by relatives of a 20-month-old child he had killed in a traffic accident, police said.

The child died on the way to hospital after being run over and several people, including relatives of the victim, made a rush for the driver, a married father of two, who ran away shouting for help but was trapped after a hundred yards.

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