As a result of the explosion of a military vehicle on an explosive disposal mission in the Campo Militar de Santa Margarida in the Santarem district, one person died and five were injured, two in serious condition. As found out cmthe victims are army explosives disposal engineers (known as army sappers), most of whom are sergeants and were inside the vehicle.
An official civil protection source confirmed that one of the seriously injured is in critical condition and connected to basic life support systems. The remaining three wounded are considered light. The victims were soldiers certified by NATO for the disposal of explosives and missiles.
ABOUT cm he knows that the dead soldier is an assistant sergeant, he is over 40, and the seriously wounded is a junior senior sergeant.
Critically wounded and seriously injured were taken by INEM helicopter to the University Hospitals of Coimbra. Three lightly injured people were taken to the Abrantes hospital in fire ambulances.
The two soldiers who are considered seriously injured have minor abrasions and burns, but do not appear to have “more serious consequences,” a source at the University Hospital of Coimbra said.
“They are both aware, cooperative, talking to the teams accompanying them without much apprehension,” Rui Garcia, head of the emergency team at the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), said in statements to reporters about the incident. in which one person died and five were injured, two seriously and three lightly, at Campo Militar de Santa Margarida, in Constancia, in the district of Santarém.
The incident took place at 4:45 pm and firefighters from Vila Nova da Barquinha, Chamusca, Abrantes, Entroncamento and Constancia were on the scene, as well as two medical vehicles from INEM and a helicopter of the same organization, which completely left Campo. Militar de Santa Daisy at 18:10.
The army, which commands the military base, has already responded to the incident, as has the President of the Republic.
Author: Miguel Curado This Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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