A collision between two buses about 400 km from Namibia’s capital, Windoek, caused the death of two Portuguese nationals. Portuguese citizens are not in any danger.
Thenumber of Portuguese hospitalized following a collision between two buses in Namibia dropped to eleven this Thursday night.
The information was given to Notícias ao Minuto by the Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, José Cesário, who said that the hospitalized Portuguese had “various fractures”.
According to the same official, in principle “none are in danger of dying”.
The number of people hospitalized this Thursday morning was 16.
The collision happened around 400 kilometers from the capital, Windoek. The cause may have been a fault in the brakes of one of the vehicles, but the situation is being investigated.
The collision caused the death of two Portuguese, and most of the victims, 22 in total, were women in their 70s. José Cesário told Notícias ao Minuto that among the main complaints of the Portuguese involved in the accident were “dislocated” body parts, including shoulders.
As a result of the collision, a “third person died”, but they were not Portuguese.
The Portuguese tourists were from the Porto region and the travel agency through which they were traveling was from Leça da Palmeira.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said on Wednesday that he was “following the situation of the compatriots injured in a road accident in the Namibian desert”.
Government corrects number of Portuguese injured in accident in Namibia to 20
The Government today corrected to 20 the number of Portuguese injured in Wednesday’s accident in Namibia, indicating that eight have already been discharged and 12 remain hospitalized, six of whom are under special surveillance.
