A local female motorcycle rider died in hospital on Tuesday night after a crash with another motorbike on the Sai Van Bridge on Sunday night, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.
Each direction of Sai Van Bridge has three vehicular lanes, one of which is designated for motorcycles only.
According to yesterday’s PSP statement, the police received a report at 7:41 p.m. on Sunday about the crash, when the two motorcycles were travelling on the motorcycle-only lane from the peninsula to Taipa.
Upon arrival at the scene, the statement said, firefighters and paramedics found the female rider unconscious, after which she was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment where she was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. on Tuesday after emergency treatment to save her life had failed. The statement did not identify the hospital.
The PSP statement did not elaborate on the other motorcycle rider involved in the collision, merely identifying him or her also as a local resident.
Yesterday’s statement underlined that the police are still investigating the exact cause of the accident.
The police are asking witnesses to the accident to call its Traffic Department on 2837 4214.
A statement about the crash by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) on Sunday night identified the female rider as a 41-year-old local woman.
According to the CB statement, the other motorbike rider involved in the accident is a 38-year-old local man, who was in a stable condition after sustaining a head injury.
Both were taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, the statement said.
