Government is in contact with families
Two Portuguese tourists died following an accident between two buses in Namibia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to CNN Portugal the death of the two tourists, both from the north of the country, adding that another 20 Portuguese people were on the bus.
There were also several people injured following the accident, some of them of other nationalities.
The accident involved two buses, which were carrying a total of 40 tourists, with at least 22 Portuguese tourists in one of the vehicles, according to the counselor for Portuguese communities in the capital Windhoek.
Manuel Coelho indicated that the accident occurred between 15:00 and 16:00 local time, minus one hour in Lisbon, in the Kuiseb Valley, on the way to the largest sand dunes of Sossus Vley, in the Namib Desert, about 400 kilometers from the capital.
“I confirm that there was an accident between two buses and apparently a third vehicle in a place where there is no internet network, the information is precarious, we know that a bus was carrying 22 Portuguese citizens, two of whom died at the scene, we also know that a third person He died on the way to the hospital in Walvis Bay, the nearest city, but at this moment we do not know his nationality”, the Portuguese counselor told Lusa.
The injured were transported to the local hospital and their families are being contacted by the Portuguese Embassy in Windhoek, he said.
The group of Portuguese tourists, from the north of the country, traveled through a travel agency, added José Cesário, stressing that he has been monitoring the situation.
The Government guarantees that it is already in contact with the families of the victims.
