Three university students, aged between 18 and 20 year old, They left the waters of Praia Fluvial dos Cinco Réis in the early hours of this Sunday, in Beja, after experiencing great moments of distress.
the victims, students from the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja), are not native to the city, and were accompanied by male colleagues who raised the alarm about the 112, after realizing that young women have difficulty getting out of the freezing water.
The alert for Beja Volunteer Firefighters (BVBeja) It was given to 06,30 hours through the Urgent Patient Guidance Center (CODU), but when they arrived at the place, the young women were already out of the water.
According to a fire department source, “the girls showed obvious signs of hypothermia and ingestion of alcoholic beverages”, adding that if “the beach had waves, they would not come out of the water unharmed”, justified. Lidadsor News (LN) found that it could have been a tragedy like the one at Praia do Meco, in Sesimbra, where on the night of 13 December 2013, six students from the Lusófona University died.
The three victims, considered light, were taken to the Emergency Room of Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, in Beja, of which they have had high medical. There were seven BVBeja operatives helping the victims, supported by three vehicles and a GNR patrol.
Opened in June 2020, the Cinco Réis River Beach, is installed in the reservoir with the same name, is part of the Alqueva system, was created by the Municipality of Beja, and is located approximately 7 kilometers from the city Alentejo.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
