“Critical state”. Man transported to Lisbon after crash in Beja

Um man suffered injuries considered serious in the screening of a car occurred on the National Road 260 (EN260), in the Baleizão area, Beja county, and was transported to a hospital, revealed Civil Protection and GNR.

In statements to the agency Lusa, the Sub-Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command of the Lower Alentejo explained that the alert for the loss of the light passenger car was given at 1:00 p.m.

The accident caused a serious injury, “in critical condition”, heliported by the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) to a hospital unit, which the source did not know to need, in the statements to Lusa at 15:10.

Contacted by Lusa, the Territorial Beja Command of GNR clarified that the injured person, a man who followed in the car, was transported to a unit in the Lisbon area ", but he also did not know which, nor the age of the victim.

The loss occurred in the Baleizon area, at 16.300 km from EN260, which makes the connection between Beja and Serpa, finding the road traffic interrupted in both directions in this section, needed GNR.

The accident mobilized 19 operations, supported by seven vehicles and a helicopter, between the means of the bombers, GNR, INEM and the Infrastructures of Portugal.