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Electric scooter accident kills victim on Faial

jornalacores9.pt15 September 2026 at 12:10

A 25-year-old woman died on Monday, in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial, in the Azores, after a head-on collision between the scooter she was riding and a motor vehicle.

The accident was confirmed to the Portuguese news agency by the Azores Regional Command of the Public Security Police (PSP), which served as the source for the information.

This is a rare case of death involving an electric scooter in the Azores region, and it is an incident that is generating media attention in the region.

The fatal victim is a 25-year-old young woman, whose name has not been released, who was riding on the scooter when she collided head-on with the motor vehicle.

Why this matters

The fatal scooter accident in Horta alerts the Azorean community to the growing risks of electric scooters on regional roads. Local readers may become more aware of road safety and the rules for riding this type of vehicle. The case arises in a context of increased use of shared scooters in the Azores islands.

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