Despite the damage, there are no victims to report.
The fall of a large rock destroyed a multi-seater van this evening which, fortunately, had no occupants at the time of the collision. The incident occurred at 9:30 pm this Saturday on Estrada do Ribeiro Cidrão, in Fajã Escura, parish of Curral das Freiras, Câmara de Lobos.
According to a witness, the boulder fell alone in this section at the time an event was taking place nearby.
In that place, yes, with a lot of people in the existing establishment, but in this case it did not cause any casualties.
According to what was possible to know, the necessary means to clear the road have already been moved to the location and the PSP was also quickly called by the president of the Parish Council of Curral das Freiras.
In this episode, it was fortunate that it only caused damage to a vehicle parked there, but if it hadn’t been for the vehicle to block the movement of the boulder, a greater misfortune could have happened with passing vehicles.
Also the risk of the stone jumping over the guard wall and falling onto a house below the road level was the most predictable scenario, if the vehicle wasn’t parked by chance.
The Volunteer Firefighters of Câmara de Lobos also moved a vehicle to the scene, as they also have an ambulance that was on duty in the area and was stuck due to the road blockage.
