With 247 km/h across the country road: Instagram videos lead to court hearing

A young man filmed his rapid car rides and put the videos on Instagram. He drove at speeds of up to 247 km/h and disabled the security systems of his car. Now he was sentenced to a fine of 2500 euros and his car was confiscated.

The roar of the engines and the smell of burnt rubber flooded Saturday night in the industrial estate of La Cantueña, Fuenlabrada. Dozens of young people gathered to witness one of those clandestine races known in the urban slang as launched. No one imagined that the date would end with four boys admitted, one of them minor, and several more marked by the impact of a brutal accident that re-targeted the illegal races in Madrid. Thus was the dead…