A Sóller resident suffered a broken femur in a fight with tourists over a parking space.
Two rental cars were trying to park in an area reserved for residents.
PalmAn argument over a parking space in Sóller ended with an assault and a local resident suffering a broken femur. According to the Sóller Local Police, officers prepared a police report via social media, and the case is now before the duty court.
According to several witnesses, the argument began when a rental car wanted to park at a green area (reserved for sollerics)A woman, a resident of the municipality who was also looking for parking, explained that there was no parking there, and an argument broke out. While the woman was arguing with the rental car driver (a foreigner), another tourist arrived and parked in the reserved spot, which had sparked an argument between the resident and the first tourist.
This angered the resident, who went to the car and attacked a woman sitting in the passenger seat. In response to the attack, the driver (also from outside the state) came out to separate the two women and pushed the woman, who fell and broke her femur.
The Sóller Local Police received a call from local residents who reported a woman lying on the ground in serious pain.
The problems of lack of parking for Sóller residents are nothing new this summer. Overcrowding during the peak season has made life and traffic in the town unsustainable, and last year The neighbors have already risen to demand solutions.
In response to the complaints and the traffic chaos caused by the saturation, a series of measures were applied. measures in the municipality against saturationOne of them was the creation of exclusive parking spaces for residents. One of these spaces was the source of the conflict between the resident and the tourists.
Specifically, these areas are exclusive to residents, and only those with a card issued by the public company Sóller 2010 can park.