IP3 frontal collision destroys two families – Portugal

A sudden illness or distraction of Eduarda Rodrigues, 65, are possible causes of the accident of the retired teacher who died driving the car that was heading to Coimbra. Viseu, at IP3, next to the Treixedo, in Santa Comba Dão. He lost control of the car, crossed it to the center divider, invaded the opposite lane and collided head-on with another car that was moving in the opposite direction. With Eduarda was her stepmother, Cidália Coimbra, a widow of 90 who also died on the spot.

The two women returned from Coimbra to Molelos, Tondela, after the eldest had another chemotherapy session. In the other car they followed a baby of a few months of life, the mother and the parents of it. The man, the driver and the boy's mother suffered serious injuries.

All were transported to the hospital of Viseu. "When we arrived, we found the six victims all incarcerated, and our greatest concern was to evict the victims and proceed immediately to rescue them." The death of the two women was confirmed on the spot by the doctor VMER ", he explains to CM ] Rui Leitão, deputy of the command of the Volunteer Firefighters of Santa Comba Dão. have been involved in the rescue, as well as the GNR of Viseu who has gathered evidence in the place and now investigates the causes of the brutal accident.

"This area is not considered As a criticism of the IP3, it's a line with good visibility and with two lanes of traffic on either side, but all the care is still little. the evidence to be able to decipher the accident, "added Captain Pedro Reis, of the GNR Transit detachment of Viseu.
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