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The Union, March 28, 2011.

The municipality of La Union has welcomed the 'Motor Weekend', an initiative within the "Spring Arts Festival IV" for two days has provided such important attractions as the Murcia Region XI Rally and Vintage Car, and a display of technical and human resources of the Local Police and Civil Protection of the Union.

So on Saturday the High Street hosted unionense first stage of the 'Rally Murcia Region and Vintage Cars' Club Ruta del Sol, in its eleventh edition brought a total of 45 cars from the years 1915 to 1962 came from various parts of Spain, as was the case of an Auburn Boattail Speedster 8-115S, 1928 from Valencia, or a Mercedes Benz 180 manufactured in 1962 and come from Murcia.

Considered a true "rolling museum", this caravan was led by club president Ruta del Sol, Joaquim Ros, who guided the passage of vehicles passing through Archena, Sewer, Los Martínez del Puerto and La Manga before reaching the Union, where they were received by President of the Region of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, and the mayor unionense, Francisco Bernabé.

It also has taken place today in the High Street an exhibition of technical and human resources of the Local Police and Civil Defence Union which was attended by the Minister of Justice and Public Safety in the Region of Murcia, Manuel Campos, and has included the Canine Unit as well as several all-terrain vehicles, jet skis, boats and quads, and other means.

As part of this exhibition, the Canine Unit of La Union, formed three and half years ago, has conducted exercises with which the audience has been able to prepare these dogs to resolve situations of attempted robbery, assault, kidnapping and drug trafficking.

Also, nearly 30 troops Local Police and Civil Defence Union, in collaboration with Red Cross and the Fire Station of the Mar Menor, have developed a simulated traffic accident and subsequent rescue has highlighted the great work perform law enforcement and assistance of the municipality.

In this simulation the situation has arisen from an accident at an intersection in front of the Plaza Joaquín Costa de La Union in which injured four people, two mild and two seriously, which in turn are assisted by members of local police personnel Civil Protection Health and the Red Cross until the arrival of firefighters descarcelación specialized maneuvers, who have successfully freed the trapped injured and received the applause from the audience.

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión