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| Alonso: Quizzed by Police in Madrid |
Footballer Marcos Alonso has been quizzed by police after a woman died in a car crash in Madrid.
The Bolton Wanderers defender is reported to have crashed a BMW into a wall near Real Madrid's former training complex, not far from the Bernabeu.
One woman suffered fatal injuries and another was seriously hurt. Mr Alonso's brother Miguel and former Real Madrid teammate Jaime Navarro were also hurt.The emergency services said the car crossed into the opposite lane, overturned and collided with a wall.
Alonso - who was uninjured - allegedly failed a breathalyser test afterwards.
Alonso, 20, has already appeared before an investigating judge at a closed hearing and could face a trial accused of involuntary manslaughter.
In a statement, the court said: "Magistrates' Court number four in Madrid yesterday released the footballer Marcos Alonso Mendoza after naming him as a 'formal suspect' in an alleged crime against road safety, a crime of intoxication, of accidental killing and causing accidental injury.
Alonso, who joined Bolton Wanderers from Real Madrid last summer, was at home in the Spanish capital on a weekend break.
It is understood he had been on a night out with his brother and Mr Navarro when they met the two women.
