Odemira: Cyclist meets death in Monchique way to ride (Fóia).
A group of twelve riders in two locations in Santiago do Cacém municipality did a walk towards the Alto da Fóia (Monchique), Jorge Pereira against death, hit by a car that entered the road which followed. Another cyclist is in very serious condition.
a cyclist, of 40 year old, He died and another, of 37 year old, suffered serious injuries, having been transported by helicopter to the Hospital of St. Joseph, in Lisbon, following the collision occurred yesterday morning between a passenger car and a group of cyclists who followed bike.
The accident occurred at about 08,30 hours, na Estrada Municipal (IN) 501, in the Grass Grande area, in Odemira, when a car driven by a woman, from a dirt side road came on the road tar where a group of twelve riders followed bike. The car began a climb, while the cyclist followed in reverse when he saw the collision. The car will have invaded the opposite way.
In the clash resulted in the immediate death of Jorge Pereira, cicloturista Grupo Desportivo Santa Cruz, and serious injuries in John Torch, of "Kotas", Vila Nova de Santo André, both locations of Santiago do Cacém municipality. There was also the registration of three minor injuries that were rescued in place.
Second it was possible to determine the two groups were leaving the car, a place about five kilometers from the accident and as a destination of the High Fóia, in Monchique county.
Source Territorial Command Beja GNR, He revealed that "the victims followed cycling in a group which included 12 cyclists, when they were rammed by the motor vehicle ".
According to the CDOS, the serious wounded "was transported for a hospital unit in Lisbon", by helicopter from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) based in Faro and landed near where the accident occurred.
The portion of MS 501 It has been cut about 6 hours, for the military core of Transportation Accident Investigation (NICAV) GNR Beja, perform surveys and collects traces that could clarify the causes of the accident.
Jorge Pereira body, He was transported to the Forensic Medicine Office of Beja, which should be autopsied.
To help victims were mobilized 10 operating of Odemira fire, GNR, INEM, supported by four vehicles and an air means.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
