Beja: Military BA 11 mortally hit cyclist. Driver did not stop at the crash site.
A cyclist died yesterday in the late afternoon on the military road that connects the Air Base (BA) 11, into the city of Beja, via IP2. The driver did not stop at the crash site and was drunk.
Jorge Matinho, 48 year old, employee dependence Beja of Caixa Geral de Depósitos was hit at about 18,55 hours, by a civilian car, driven by a Sergeant Air Force, still in uniform, exiting from unit.
The trampling happened after the cyclist make U-turn, by the weapons port BA11, toward Beja, when it was hit by the truck BMW, conducted by the military, resident in Faro, who dragged Jorge Martin for more than a hundred meters.
For reasons that are being investigated by the GNR, after trampling, the van circled over three kilometers along the military road and access to IP2, He made a U-turn to return to BA11, when it has been blocked by the military Guard.
The victim's body was transported to the Medical-Legal Office of the Beja 21,45 hours, to be autopsied, and according to information that the JN gathered together supply GNR, military air force, presumed author of trampling, It was subjected to alcohol tests and charged a higher rate than allowed by law. The first sergeant was identified and notified to attend the Beja Court on Monday, for questioning.
At the crash site were the VMER the Beja Hospital, an ambulance of the city's Fire, military of Traffic and Territorial Detachments and NICAVE GNR and various means of Portuguese Air Force.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
