The mother of the 17-year-old who died last night in Funchal, following a motorcycle accident, had to be transported to Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital.
As far as it was possible to ascertain, the woman went to the scene of the accident, but went into a state of shock when she heard the news.
The victim was taken to hospital in an ambulance from the Funchal Fire Department.
As DIÁRIO reported first-hand, the accident occurred on Rua Dr. Pita, just after the roundabout and above Rua dos Barreiros.
The Funchal Firefighters and the Rapid Intervention Medical Team (EMIR) were mobilized to the scene, but were unable to do anything to save the young man, who died instantly.
This accident, which involved two other motorcycles, left three more injured.
One young man had a suspected broken ankle and was taken to hospital by the same police force. The other victims had bruises and refused hospital treatment.
The fatal victim was taken to the Funchal Forensic Medical Office for an autopsy.
From what we could ascertain, he is a young man from Funchal.