PSP and GNR rescued a disoriented elderly woman at A5 in Oeiras on October 14. The citizen, who left the house for a usual walk, ended up disoriented and was located by a GNR patrol.
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22/10/2026
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A Public Security Police (PSP) and the Republican National Guard (GNR) collaborated on the rescue of a elderly person who was disoriented on Highway 5 (A5). The situation was told this Thursday through social networks.
In a post posted on Facebook by the Public Security Police it is advanced that both forces “they located and supported an elderly citizen, who was disoriented to wander on the A5 motorway.”
“The citizen would have left her residence around 5:00 p.m. to take a regular walk in the Adventure Park. By not returning home, and having been disoriented, ended up being located about 05:05 on October 14th by a GNR patrol in the direction Lisbon - Cascais da A5, in the municipality of Oeiras“you can read it on the same note.
“Firemen’s rescue means were triggered to the site to provide assistance”, and the “citizen was in good health, not requiring hospital care”.
“ In a joint and coordinated action between security forces, contact with the family was guaranteed, allowing the patrol to transport the citizen safely to her residence“, it is still mentioned.
The post ends with the PSP reinforcing “the importance of increased attention and surveillance with the senior population” and recalls the “utility of the program ‘I’m Here Adults!’, designed to assist in the rapid location and contact with family members of disoriented or lost people”.