A woman died on Monday night after being hit by a car on the A2 motorway in the Monte Branco area in the Silves municipality.
According to the official website of the Civil Protection service, the incident was reported at 21:27.
Teams of Firefighters from Albufeira, the emergency medical service and the GNR soon were at the scene on the northbound carriageway.
The 22-year-old German woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident was injured but not badly.
Authorities are, “investigating the causes of the incident.”
