“Miracle”. Pregnant is one of the accident survivors in Cape Verde

Clinical director of the São Francisco de Assis Regional Hospital in Cape Verde revealed that a few weeks pregnant woman survived the bus crash on Saturday on the island of Fire in Cape Verde. A six-year-old has also been discharged.

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07/09/2026
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Andrea Pinto

Athe latest information about the victims of a bus accident in Cape Verde brings news that deserves to be celebrated.

 

According to an update by local journalists, a six - year - old child has been discharged. Alongside her, the state of health of a pregnant woman is celebrated, who will be out of danger, although she remains hospitalized.

This latest information was confirmed by the clinical director of the Hospital Regional San Francisco de Assis, Dionysio Semedo, who, in statements to the CVT, considered the situation of this last woman “a miracle”.

According to the doctor, the woman, a few weeks pregnant, is already out of danger.

Thus, 12 people remain hospitalized, and only two of them inspire redoubled care, according to the latest data.

One of them, with abdominal trauma and kidney injury, was submitted on Sunday to a surgical intervention and is currently stable.

Another patient, a young woman between the ages of 14 and 15 years, was also submitted to a surgical intervention and has a stable clinical condition, with no risk of death in the next few hours, reports the Express of the Islands.

Twenty-five people died in one of the most serious accidents in Cape Verde's history. A van, which he was transporting, children and young people, suffered a tire problem and ended up losing it, falling into a ravine on the island of Fire.

 The children were on a walk, which was traditionally organized by the driver. But this time, the trip ended the worst.

The accident is the accident “with the highest number of fatalities recorded in a single day in Cape Verde,” writes Onda Krioulo.

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