Two men were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision., between a truck and a van, no IC1, in Lobo Portela, in Ourique.
The two fatalities, about 25 years and of French nationality, followed in the light goods vehicle. The wounded that inspired the most care, a portuguese citizen, was airlifted by the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) to the hospital in Faro.
The two fatalities and the woman with serious injuries reside in Santa Luzia, municipality of Ourique.
The slight hurt, Moldovan citizen 44 years driving the truck, was taken to the Hospital de Beja and the corpses to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in the same city.
The District Command Relief Operations (CDOS) de Beja indicated that the accident, for which alert was given to the 11:38, It occurred kilometer 673 do IC1, in an area of ​​high accident rate. IC1 has been closed to traffic since the accident occurred.
The assistance to the victims involved operatives of the Ourique firefighters, Almodovar and Castro Verde, INEM and GNR, in total 37 elements supported by 15 vehicles, including the immediate life support ambulance (SIV) and the medical emergency and resuscitation vehicle (VMER) Beja.
The operations also mobilized an INEM helicopter based in Faro.
The area of ​​Portela do Lobo is the "deadliest spots" of Portugal in terms of road accidents. Only in the year 2019 7 people lost their lives on that section of IC1.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
