(Last hour) Beja: Truck U-turn causes crash.
A man, about 45 year old, He was in serious condition and was transported to the Beja Hospital, following the collision of a passenger car and a heavy goods.
The accident occurred late on Monday, to 21,00 hours, NA 18, a 200 meters of Olives Rotunda, in place of Pia Quebrada, in connection to Aljustrel, when the heavy goods made the U-turn, to return to the city.
Given the paucity of hard shoulder, the truck was to occupy half of the road and the driver's slight describing a curve could not avoid hitting the side of the heavy. At the time of the accident it was raining with great intensity in Beja.
The location of the maneuver is very dangerous, It is located between the roundabout and a sharp turn to the right, having two small traces discontinuous, for the deflection of the light vehicles of Beja chamber for the facilities of the Pious Quebrada.
In the rescue were nine operational of Beja Fire, A PSP e a GNR, supported by five cars.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
