A frontal collision between a heavy goods and a slight passenger on Thursday afternoon, the National Road 260 (EN260), that connects Beja to Serpa and Spain, caused a dead man and a serious injury, Considered critical state.
All involved in the accident are Spanish citizens, having been given to the alert 15,22 hours, and occurred to the kilometer 10 the EN260, with the company, Also he Spanish, Of Prado, In the so -called Herdade da Fonte de Frades.
The fatality, about 35 year old, was the driver of the light vehicle, while the serious injured, of 55 year old, It's the hanging, both workers from a company that provides services in agriculture, moved to Spain. The driver of the heavy goods, traveling from the neighboring country and was destined for the Port of Setúbal, I was unharmed from the collision.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), The driver of the Spanish vehicle leaned against the Berma that another vehicle was overtaking with the heavy front, ended up losing control of the car, that went into disappointing, invaded the opposite track eventually colliding with the truck, that dragged him for several meters until he stops.
The driver had immediate death, that was confirmed at the site by the VMER doctor of Hospital de Beja, while the serious injured, Given its very serious state, was stabilized on site, transported to the health unit and only then should be transported to a hospital in Lisbon.
The helicopter of the INEM headquartered in Évora has landed in EN260, but as the injured was not in a position to be transported, ended up raising flight, It was replenished, to return to Beja and land in the synthetic lawn of the city's sports complex and transport the injured to Lisbon.
The traffic on site was performed alternating by dirt road, ownership of Prado who authorized its use to drain the traffic from Beja and Serpa.
Relief effort were 30 Beja and Serpa Volunteer Firefighters, VMER, INEM and GNR helicopter, supported by 10 vehicles and hi aerial.
The accident is being investigated by military personnel from the Crime Investigation Center in Road Accidents (NICAVE) of the GNR Territorial Command of Beja.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
