tragic end to New Pelayowho was a footballer of the Real Oviedo. The Asturian athlete left too soon, who starred in a great story of overcoming after having to leave professional football after suffering a fall from the third floor of a hotel in Huesca, where he was concentrated with his Albacete teammates. Pelayo Novo lost his life on Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a train in La Corredoria (Oviedo).
Pelayo Novo suffered the deadly attack at the age of 32, when he had already overcome that fatal fall in the hotel in Huesca, that left him 51 days admitted to the hospital and with a long rehabilitation process ahead. He now played wheelchair tennis and was in 12th place in the absolute national ranking.
The incident occurred shortly before eight o’clock in the evening in the Oviedo neighborhood of La Corredoria, at the height of the La Malata park, when, for reasons that are being investigated, Pelayo Novo was hit by the train that covered the Renfe line. metric width between Oviedo and Siero. The 112 Asturias received the alert call at 7:55 p.m., notifying the Urgent Medical Care Service (SAMU) and the National Police, which took charge of the case.
Pelayo Novo, a Real Oviedo youth squad player, played in the first team between 2008 and 2012. Currently, he was the captain of the Real Oviedo Foundation and had received the Herrerita award, which is awarded by the blue fans. He was a very loved player for his dedication, which also became even more valued after his exemplary history of improvement.
“My game now is to live, I’m going to play it and I hope to win,” Pelayo Novo confessed after getting ahead of his serious mishap in Huesca. He wasted at that time optimism despite the hard times suffered. “I’m leaving with the friendliest face of football, the union between teammates,” he added.
“I want to live and I was about to not tell it”, it said seven months after the fall from the third floor of the hotel. At that time he was trying to rehabilitate himself as much as possible after the serious spinal cord injuries he suffered, which left him on crutches forever.
