Two women and a young boy killed in A22 crash

Two women and a young boy were killed in a four-car crash on the Algarve’s A22 motorway yesterday

in Algarve · 04 Dec 2019, 09:52 · 1 Comments

A seven-year old boy and a 56-year-old woman resident in Loulé, and an 83-year-old British woman were killed in the violent smash near the Boliqueime service area.

A two-year-old French boy was seriously injured. Five more victims - a 9-month-old girl, a 3-year-old boy, a 58-year-old Portuguese man, an 84-year-old Englishman and a 28-year-old Brazilian woman - suffered minor injuries and were taken to Faro hospital.

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Comments

From what I heard from a witness that seconds before the accident, the police van had stopped some cars in the right lane on the A22. After passing the stopped vehicles, Seconds later the driver had witnessed the accident in his rear view mirror. He said it seemed irresponsible for police to stop cars that manner on the motorway!

By Mich from UK on 06 Dec 2019, 16:59