Almodovar: Accident on the A2 near the service area of ​​Gomes Aires, It makes three dead.
A company's passenger bus Renex, Barraqueiro group, that was the connection between Lagos and Lisbon (Gare do Oriente), It crashed, yesterday, at km 193 A2, by Gomes Aires, Almodovar. The accident caused three dead (two women and a man in his 50 year old) and 17 injured, nine of them in serious condition, Most transported to the hospital Beja.
The causes of the accident are not yet known. However, to the JN found, the driver of the vehicle, of 51 year old, one of the minor injuries, who was on the road at the time of arrival of the emergency services, He confirmed that the operational felt ill.
The driver did not accuse any substances in the blood, including alcohol, Lusa said Lt. Col. John Nunes, do comando da GNR. “Regarding the analysis that was done to the driver there is no evidence of substances”, said.
A witness told JN that the car traveled about 150 meters, already out of the road, along the right edge, and the apparent attempt to maneuver correction eventually caused the rollover.
Two of those killed were designed for lane, while a third was the same under the vehicle.
The accident came overshadowing the early summer in the southern region, still recovering from the tragedy of the night from Wednesday, also with a bus group Barraqueiro, na A22. The accident, which involved a shuttle linking the airport Faro to Albufeira area, caused four dead (Dutch nationality of tourists) and 30 injured.
Yesterday's screening forced to cut traffic on the A2 in both directions for several hours – only around 22 It is that heavy was lifted – and triggered a new mega operation with media from the regions of Algarve, Alentejo and Lisbon.
According to Naomi Ramos, segundo comandante do CDOS, They were on site 132 operational (Fire department, INEM, GNR and BREEZE) . The helicopter and the hospital tent INEM were deployed to the area of ​​the accident, but not subsequently used.
According to that responsible, the wounded – nine major eight light – They were transferred to hospitals in Beja, Faro and health center of Castro Verde. Beja received seven most serious victims.
Of 20 Express occupants, at least one that does not have Portuguese nationality, a Pakistani citizen who received assistance in Beja. They were involved corporations of Almodovar firefighters, Beja, Ourique, Messines, Aljustrel, Mértola, Castro Verde, Ferreira do Alentejo.
Teixeira Correia and Luis Antunes / JN
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