Aljustrel: Truck driver falls into hole in EN 2 and suffered polytrauma.
The driver of a heavy goods suffered serious injuries, having been transported to the hospital Beja, com politraumatismos, following the fall in a hole, the National Road 2, five kilometers of Aljustrel.
The accident occurred at about 19,00 hours Friday, when the vehicle got stuck with a wheel in the hole that he opened. When checking the situation, the driver fell into the hole that had a crater about four meters deep.
The floor of the reduction occurred at 19,00 Wednesday, taking the road was closed to traffic. On the morning of the next day workers Portugal Infrastructure (IP) They were in place covering hole, having been restored traffic.
On site were thirteen operating the Aljustrel Fire, which took about an hour and a half to rescue the victim.
It is recalled that the subsidence occurred in a place of EN2, known as the dam of Mount Street and traffic is closed off Aljustrel, in the north / south direction, e a 9 kilometers in Carregueiro, towards south / north.
The causes for subsidence are not yet cleared, but, on Wednesday night, in place several people, confidencioram ao Lidador NotÃcias (LN) what “the explosions at the mine sub-soil may have caused the subsidence of land under the tarmac that led to the opening of the crater”.
In a statement sent to the LN, IP has already started work on the EN2 that expects to have completed during the day, being the way open to alternately traffic.
Communiqué of Infrastructure Portugal
IP initiates the crossing replacement work in EN2, in Aljustrel
The Infrastructure Portugal starts today (Friday) the replacement Pass Hydraulic located at kilometer 621,7 the EN2, in Aljustrel.
This intervention is necessary to implement a traffic conditioning, with alternating movement coordinated by traffic lights and limiting the maximum speed to 30 km / h, in the work area.
This work aims to complete replacement of the crossing that partially collapsed at the beginning of Tuesday night (*), to ensure the restoration of normal security conditions and road movement of EN2 users.
The work is scheduled for completion next Sunday, day 12 Feb.. Agradecemos a melhor compreensão para os eventuais transtornos que este condicionamento possa provocar, including the delay in passing on site.
(*) n.d.r.: Erro by IP, the crater opened in the evening 8 Feb., Wednesday.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
