Global EditionASIA 中文双语Français
World
Home / World / Europe

Chinese tourists discharged from hospital after motorway crash in Portugal

Xinhua | Updated: 2018-03-24 00:33
Share
Share - WeChat

LISBON - The more than 20 Chinese tourists taken to hospital following an accident on a Portuguese motorway on Thursday night were discharged from hospital in the wee hours of Friday.

The accident occurred on the A6 motorway near Montemor-o-Novo, a town 100 km east of Lisbon.

The coach, with a Spanish license plate and driver, was taking 36 passengers, all of them Chinese tourists to Lisbon.

The accident occurred at 17:17 local time, resulting in the coach skidding off the road and coming to rest, semi-overturned, in a ditch.

According to reports on the TVI24 news channel, the accident was caused by the driver suffering a health episode and losing control of the vehicle.

Emergency services including ambulances, fire engines and a National Emergency Medical Institute (INEM) helicopter were dispatched to the scene.

Medics treated 11 people on site while 26 were taken to a hospital, 19 to Evora and seven Setubal, the two nearest sizable cities.

The 26 injured comprised 18 women, seven men and one child. It was not made clear whether the 26 included the driver. All were discharged at 1:30 am local time, a spokesperson for the hospitals told Lusa Portuguese News Agency.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US