Overview
- Guardia Civil stopped the bus on February 9 at 11:45 a.m. on the A-2 near Santa María de Huerta, where breath tests for the driver returned 0.67 and 0.63 mg/l against the 0.15 mg/l limit for this category.
- Another company driver moved the vehicle to a service area for immobilization while staff took charge of the children and accompanying adults to continue the trip safely.
- The Traffic Investigation Unit filed diligences for an alleged road-safety crime, with documentation sent to the Almazán court and potential penalties including 3–6 months in prison, fines or community service, plus a driving ban of one to four years.
- Palencia police reported weekend detections that included e-scooter riders testing 0.88 mg/l and 0.71 mg/l, which resulted in administrative complaints.
- Further Palencia actions included a car driver at 0.81 mg/l facing judicial diligences, a hit-and-run driver later testing 0.35 mg/l also under investigation, a cocaine-positive test pending lab confirmation, and 13 fines issued during DGT checks of 23 trucks and one bus.