Communities Advisor in Namibia confirms death of two Portuguese tourists

Two Portuguese tourists died this Wednesday afternoon in the Namib desert in a bus accident, the counselor for Portuguese communities in the capital Windhoek confirmed to Lusa. Manuel Coelho indicated that the accident occurred between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm local time, less than an hour from Lisbon, in the Kuiseb Valley, on the way to the largest sand dunes of Sossus Vley in the Namib Desert.

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.

Secretary of State José Cesário told Lusa that there were people of various nationalities involved in the accident. 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.