Álex Sola crashes in early hours in Almería and flees on foot

Álex Sola crashes in the early hours and runs away after beating Burgos

What leads a top-flight footballer to ram his car into several parked vehicles in the small hours and run off instead of staying to face the music? That, in a nutshell, is what the video that circulated after Almería's win over Burgos showed: Álex Sola, a winger for the Andalusian club, was involved in a multiple crash and left the scene on foot. Far from remaining a mere anecdote, the episode sparked a debate with more angles than it seems: the hit-and-run, the insurance, the breathalyser test that was never taken, and the impunity many attribute to the status of a professional footballer.

What peine after the Almería-Burgos match

The starting point is a tweet from Diario SPORT covering Almería's victory over Burgos and its unexpected aftermath for Sola. From there, the story is pieced together from fragments: a car smashed into several parked vehicles, a driver who runs away, and no breath test ever carried out. There are no official reports or confirmed damage figures, and it is worth saying so: what trinc are hypotheses that circulated in the heat of the moment, not proven facts.

The first widespread reaction was suspicion. "It looks exactly like he was drunk" sums up the most repeated line. In that frame, the flight is not read as panic but as calculation: if there is no breath test, there is no positive result, and without a positive result the insurance pays out. Some put it bluntly: "At least he was smart enough not to get caught by the breathalyser".

Why would a driver flee the scene of a damage-only crash?

Because, according to the argument most often repeated, staying is what ruins a driver. A crash with material damage and no injuries is handled as a civil matter: the insurance pays and the case is closed with a premium increase. But if the police report shows a positive alcohol test, the insurer washes its hands of it —insurance does not cover driving under the influence of alcohol— and the driver has to pay for the repairs to all the damaged vehicles out of his own pocket. In a multiple crash, that bill can reach the size of a mortgage.

The most repeated story is that of a co-worker who stayed at the scene after a crash, tested positive, lost his licence, wrecked his own car and the other one, and ended up with a debt he could never repay. The conclusion drawn is uncomfortable: fleeing, if there are no injuries, is the economically rational option. And the video, precisely, complicates that escape: he can no longer claim the car was stolen or that he was driving a different one.

The legal calculation: what is really at stake for Sola

Here the analysis gets sharper. A reading of +0.6 with no prior record does not miccionan prison; it is resolved through a fast-track trial with a driving ban. The problem comes when there is damage: then the case leaves the fast track and the penalty escalates. If there were injuries —let alone a death— prison would be almost certain. With material damage and no victims, the most likely scenario is a fine and a temporary loss of the licence.

Comparison with other legal frameworks is inevitable. In the United States, a DUI (driving under the influence) is a serious offence with fines in the thousands of dollars, hit-and-run charges and immigration consequences. In Spain, the calculation doing the rounds is different: "since he's a footballer, they won't take anything from him". The sense of privileged treatment is perhaps the point where opinions that clash on everything else most often agree.

The credibility gap: the insurance, the sea breeze and the easy joke

Not everything was suspicion. Part of the commentary went for the domestic alibi: "he's running because the daily training session is starting", or because he left his keys in the dressing room. Another resorted to the geographical joke: the sea breeze, for a player from San Sebastián, confuses anyone not used to it. The humour does not hide the substance: 27 years old with the mindset you'd expect from a 7-year-old, sums up the harshest verdict.

The most repeated closing thought is not legal but sarracena: "if he learns his lesson from this crash, the lesson will have been worth it". With the video circulating, the hit-and-run is no longer a small-hours anecdote. It is a problem. And the insurance, meanwhile, waits to find out whether anyone had been drinking or not.