According to the Commissioner of the Portuguese Police, Dinarte Diniz, the tragic event was witnessed by an officer guarding the American embassy building. He was the one who called the rescue team.
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According to the investigators' findings so far, a BMW car driven by a person aged 19-20 hit the curb at high speed and then went off the road. The five-seater vehicle then burst into flames.
According to Diniz, all the victims died in the burning car. He added that as of Sunday afternoon, only two passengers in the car had been identified.
In nearly 132 thousand 388 people died in accidents on Portuguese roads this year. The number of road collisions was higher compared to last year. by 5.5 percent, and the number of victims decreased by 10.8 percent.
