Woman run over after forgetting to apply handbrake on vehicle

In a freak accident, 47-year-old Ana María Prieto was killed just outside of Oviedo in northern Spain on Thursday after forgetting to apply the handbrake when parking her van.

Prieto had just arrived home in the community of Las Caldas with her children when the accident happened.  She parked in front of her house and shortly afterwards realized that the van was rolling away.

Realizing she had neglected to engage the handbrake, she tried to stop the vehicle, but the van jumped a wall and crushed her under the chassis.

While rescue workers arrived promptly they could do nothing to help her. Neighbors are caring for her three children and comforting the woman's husband, who was inside the house at the time of the shocking accident.

According to the local daily newspaper, La Nueva España, Prieto was a popular figure in the community who worked with leather. The newspaper mentioned that they interviewed her back in 2011 and speaking of her life, she had told them at the time that "I wouldn't change this for anything."

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Fans crash server trying to book Rolling Stones concert tickets in Madrid

There is a one night only performance by the Rolling Stones in Madrid during June and everyone wanted to be there it seems.  Many got "no satisfaction" at all.

When tickets went on sale online on Wednesday, the rush to buy them was so intense, the server crashed. Despite the fact that the tickets certainly aren't cheap, with prices of 85 euros for "restricted viewing" areas, and 225 euros for VIP spots, everyone was trying to get a ticket.

When trying to buy a ticket for the "14 On Fire" tour, users got errors like 'impossible to process your request (maximum number of users in the queue exceeded)' or 'unfortunately the system cannot process your request' when trying to finalize their purchases.

Some who gave up and tried to book by phone experienced similar problems by being placed in long queues or told that the lines are jammed, please call back later. Out in the streets, outlets selling some of the 54,000 concert tickets were overrun by massive crowds of people, all prepared to wait literally for hours for a chance to see the famous band in action.

Besides the fact that the Rolling Stones are such a legend, the rush is mainly due to the fact that they haven't appeared in Madrid since 2007. With the band members now being in their 60s and 70s, fans are worried that this might be their very last opportunity to see the British legends perform live.

Sources:

El Mundo (Spanish)
ThinkSpain