Micro exploded in Portugal: 28 dead tourists | Chronic

At least 28 tourists, mostly of German nationality, died on Wednesday when a group left the road, overturned and stumbled upon a house in the Portuguese city of Santa Cruz, on the island of Madeira, announced the local authorities.

The Mayor of Santa Cruz, Filipe Sousa, said that the dead were "17 women and 11 men", while "twenty people were injured, including the driver and the tour guide, Portuguese nationality."

"The wounded have been taken to Cruz de Carvalho Hospital and some will be referred to the mainland"Said Sousa.

For his part, the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who had initially announced that he would visit the island today, decided to postpone his trip to "release the Air Force plane, used to transport the wounded."

The accident occurred around 18:30 (17:30 GMT) in the curve of a highway in Santa Cruz, where, according to the first skills, the driver "He lost control of the vehicle and stepped out of the way."