Two Portuguese people died and several were injured in an accident this Wednesday, which involved two buses in the Walvis Bay area, in Namibia, the Secretary of State for Communities told Lusa.
José Cesário told Lusa that one of the buses was carrying 22 Portuguese tourists, with, in addition to the two fatalities, several injured people, the degree of severity of which he does not know.
The injured were transported to the local hospital and their families are being contacted by the Portuguese Embassy in Windhoek, he said.
According to the Secretary of State, there are 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.
Communities Councilor confirms death of two Portuguese tourists
The counselor for the Portuguese communities in the capital Windhoek explains that the two Portuguese tourists died this afternoon in the Namib desert in a bus accident.
Manuel Coelho indicated that the accident occurred between 15:00 and 16:00 local time (minus one hour from Lisbon), in the Kuiseb Valley, path of the largest sand dunes of Sossus Vley in the Namib Desert.
O accident involved two buses carrying 40 touristsbeing that In one of the vehicles there were at least 22 Portuguese tourists, 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.
