Easter road tragedies to see police reinforced over ‘pontes’ (long breaks)
The high number of road deaths over Easter (the final tally came to 19 in the space of five days, when the year before had registered only five) has seen
Final Easter road death tally… 17
All through the mini-break for Easter the number of deaths on Portugal’s roads has been climbing ominously. This morning reports were suggesting 14 people had died; newspapers had 15. Now,
Five deaths on Portuguese roads in first two days of Easter
Data is still provisional, but in the first two days of the GNR’s Easter road traffic campaign over 450 accidents were registered, involving five deaths and 14 serious injuries. Of
Two dead, rail services suspended after train hits motorbike
Two young people in their 20s on a motorbike died late yesterday afternoon after being hit by a train on a crossing between the Santarém and Setil stations. Services on
Man killed by train in Portimão
A 33-year-old Pakistani man died after being hit by a train on Portimão’s railway bridge on Wednesday night (April 5). The accident happened at around 10.30pm and saw traffic on
Two Bangladeshi workers killed in construction accident in Beja
Two Bangladeshi workers were killed today in the borough of Beja, when a wall under construction collapsed on top of them. The accident happened in Herdade dos Grous, in the
Portuguese mountaineer in fatal fall in Spain
A Portuguese mountaineer fell to his death on Sunday attempting to reach the summit of Pico Almanzor, at 2,591 metres high, the largest mountain in in Ávila’s Sierra de Gredos.
Collision on EN125 causes one serious and three minor injuries
The victims were taken to the Portimão Hospital. Four people were injured, one of them seriously, following a collision this Tuesday between two commercial vehicles on the EN 125 in
Four dead, 550 accidents in run up to New Year
Accidents on the road continued into the New Year, with four people losing their lives; 11 being seriously injured, and over 100 drivers registering criminal levels of alcohol in their
Six people have died on roads already in run-up to Christmas
Six people have died, eight have been seriously injured and another 114 have received light injuries in traffic accidents leading up to Christmas. The GNR’s perennial ‘Safe Christmas’ campaign is