Portuguese merchant in Venezuela is hit by a car accident on a highway

The Portuguese man was allegedly run over while trying to cross the highway and was taken to the emergency room of the José Maria Benítez Hospital, where he died shortly after.

A 61-year-old man from Barcelos died following a car accident late Saturday afternoon on a highway in the province of Salamanca, in Spain. According to La Cronica de Salamanca, the man became distracted and hit the rails on the A-62, heading towards Salamanca, in the town of Espeja. The accident occurred at 20:47 at kilometer 344 and the death was declared on the spot. Also read: Seriously injured by helicopter after a car wreck in Ourique

Driver is being searched by the authorities. The man was still taken to the emergency room at the José Maria Benítez Hospital, but ended up dying soon after.

Um comerciante português na Venezuela morreu atropelado no sábado quando tentava atravessar uma autoestrada e o condutor está a ser procurado pelas autoridades, disse à Lusa fonte da comunidade portuguesa. Francisco Teixeira Lopes, de 70 anos, vivia em San Mateo, no município Bolívar, do estado de Carabobo, a 100 quilómetros a oeste de Caracas. O acidente ocorreu ao quilómetro 92 da Autoestrada Regional do Centro (ARC), que liga a capital venezu…