Fatalities reported as bus accident in Portugal leaves 20 hurt and claims two lives

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Two people were killed, and 20 others were injured, three of them seriously, in a bus crash in the suburbs of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, police said.

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“The two victims were waiting for the bus when they were struck,” the police chief of the western area of Sintra, Francisco Alves, told local media.

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The emergency services said they were both women, aged 30 and 40.

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Rescue services and psychological support were sent to the scene.

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Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said he reacted with “great dismay” to news of the accident and extended his condolences to the victims’ families.

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“To the injured, my wishes for a swift and full recovery,” he wrote on X.

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AFP

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