The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, this Thursday expressed his “sincere condolences” to the families and friends of the two Portuguese who died on Tuesday in a traffic accident in Venice, Italy.
“Having learned of the existence of two compatriots among the victims of the tragic traffic accident in Venice, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expresses his sincere condolences to their families and friends,” the Presidency of the Republic said in a statement published on its website. in the Internet.
Portugal’s Foreign Ministry said late Wednesday that two Portuguese were killed and one was injured in a bus crash Tuesday night near Venice in northeastern Italy that killed 21 people.
The Foreign Ministry also emphasized that “they regret what happened and are monitoring the situation through the Portuguese Embassy in Rome.”
Late on Wednesday, the mayor of Venice announced, according to Italian media, the citizenship of all the victims of the bus accident: nine Ukrainians, four Romanians, three Germans, two Portuguese, one Italian. [o motorista]Croatian and South African.
The authorities of Venice have asked the Italian government to declare three days of mourning in the region in connection with the death of 21 people on a bus that fell from a viaduct.
In addition to the 21 deaths, at least 15 people were injured as a result of the accident.
The passengers on the bus were mostly young foreign tourists returning to Venice from a nearby campsite.
The vehicle was an electric bus that caught fire after falling from a height of about 15 meters, damaging the viaduct’s protection.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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