Five dead and two seriously injured is the result of a collision between two cars that occurred today on Itinerário Principal 2 (IP2), in the municipality of Beja, a Civil Protection source told Lusa, indicating that the road is closed.
The source from the Baixo Alentejo Sub-Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command indicated that the alert for the accident was given at shortly after 6pm. At 9:30 pm, IP2 remained closed in both directions near São Matiaswhere the accident occurredaccording to a GNR source, who said that traffic is being diverted to Cuba.
The Guarda source also said that the The dead are four men aged 20, 34 and 43, and another whose age has not yet been determinedand a woman, whose age the GNR also did not obtain.
Os seriously injured are a woman, whose age was not revealed, and a child around one year oldwho were transported to the Beja hospital, said the source of that security force.
54 firefighters from Beja, Vidigueira and Cuba, the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) and the GNR were mobilized to the scene, supported by 22 vehicles, including the Beja emergency and resuscitation medical vehicle (VMER) and an ambulance. of Immediate Life Support (SIV) in Moura, and an INEM helicopter, which was never used.
Source: expresso.pt
