A lorry carrying gas bottles, overturned on the Algarve’s Via do Infante motorway this morning.
The driver was injured and was taken to Portimão hospital.
The accident happened at around 11:35 and the Portimão, Lagos and Aljezur fire services rushed to the scene, as did the GNR and motorway concessionaire personnel.
The accident took place on the eastbound carriageway in the Mexilhoeira Grande area.
The gas bottles, none of which exploded, were transferred onto another lorry from the same company.
