SSgt Leigh Joyal, US Citizen in Car Accident that left Man in Coma

SPAIN, MRD. Police said one SSgt Leigh Joyal is facing charges in connection with an accident today 6th March, 2026 in Spain that left a man, Sebastián Maksim in coma. The source explained that SSgt Leigh Joyal was speeding to catch a flight, heading to Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, United States.

The Spanish News of Spain reports 46-year-old SSgt Leigh Joyal was charged today with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated driving that led into a ghastly accident and also the coma of 59 years Sebastián Maksim. Leigh Joyal was being chased down by the Spanish Police for over speeding before the incident occurred since she wouldn’t wait for any vehicular inspection on her way to the Airport.

The prosecutor said Mr. Sebastián’s daughter witnessed the incident and told the police: “My dad had his hand on the wheel, he wasn’t speeding as we were just talking about our next trip to London to celebrate my next Birthday uniting with the rest of the family and the next thing everything went high up into the air. I can’t explain how it all happened but Dad is now fighting for his life, I want this woman Leigh rot in jail this pain is too much for family.

In a statement, Mr. Sebastián’s daughter also said she suffers flashbacks and added: “I don’t want to lose my Dad, my best friend and I don’t want to cope with the trauma of what happened for the rest of my life”.

Rachel Martinez said her father, a facilities and operations director, was “the most kind-hearted and bravest man she knew and “he didn’t deserve this”.

Additional reporting by Press Association