The PSP Traffic Squad has opened an investigation to determine the causes and circumstances of the fatal accident that occurred this Monday at kilometer 8.4 of the Ribeira Brava-Machico expressway in Câmara de Lobos. The investigation is relying on images from Vialitoral and the collection of evidence on the expressway, such as brake tracks and impact zones.
The accident involved a convertible, whose driver and sole occupant died at the scene. Contrary to preliminary information, the victim is a man approximately 65 years old, not a woman, as initially reported.
The accident occurred on the curve before the Quinta do Leme tunnel, in the downward direction, on the subsection between the Alforra and Ponte dos Frades junctions, with the vehicle climbing over the central divider and becoming embedded, causing a fatal head injury to the driver.