The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to CNN Portugal the death of the two tourists. There were also several people injured following the accident, some of them of other nationalities.
The accident happened in Walvis Bay, 400 kilometers from the capital of Namibia, Windoek, during the morning, confirmed the Secretary of State for Communities, José Cesário, to CNN Portugal.
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 counselor of the Portuguese communities in the capital Windhoek, Manuel Coelho, indicated that the accident occurred between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm local time, less than an hour from Portugal, in the Kuiseb Valley, on the way to the largest sand dunes of Sossus Vley in the desert from Namibia.
The accident involved two buses, which were carrying 40 tourists, with at least 22 Portuguese tourists in one of the vehicles, according to the Portuguese counselor.
“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.
Article updated at 9:25 pm with confirmation of the death of the counselor for Portuguese communities in Namibia.
