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Collision between two motorcycles leaves three injured

A Aurora do Lima2 September 2026 at 16:59

A collision between two motorcycles occurred during Wednesday afternoon on National Road 203, in Touvedo, Ponte da Barca, resulting in three injured. The alert was received at 2:45 PM and authorities quickly moved to the scene.

At the scene, the Volunteer Firefighters of Ponte da Barca arrived with 10 operatives supported by four vehicles, as well as the SIV of Arcos de Valdevez and the GNR. All injured were considered slight, although age and sex are not yet known.

Two of the injured were transported to Braga Hospital, while the third was taken to Viana do Castelo Hospital to receive medical assistance.

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