Eiffel Bridge, Viana do Castelo
A 17 -year -old girl was run over in May by the car of the mayor of Esposende, driven by his wife. Maria João Faustino fled without help. Nair was hospitalized 16 days in serious condition.
On the morning of May 16, Nair was hit by Guilherme Emílio’s carMayor of Esposende, conducted by his wife.
According to the newspaper, Maria João Faustino did not stop to provide assistance and fled the scene.
Nair was walking to school when he was collided sideways by the car. The backpack jumped to the river, the 17 -year -old girl fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Was hospitalized in serious condition at the São João Hospital (Porto), where it was 16 days.
The smallest got several fractures in the face and left leg and optic nerve injuries. Had to be operated. Only recently has walked again, but the faces on the face make it not want to leave the house.
A few hours after the accident, the audience says, Maria João Faustino performed at the PSP District Command of Viana do Castelo and assumed that she was driving a vehicle involved in an accident this morning on the Eiffel Bridge; and which belonged to her husband Guilherme Emílio.
A suspicion claimed not to realize the running over And he said he thought he had stuffed in a safety pin or a light pole. He said that only later did he know, through social networks, that there had been a run over and that he could have been involved.
“What my wife shared with me is that she had no perception of stuffing in a person. The perception she had was solely and exclusively to have stuffed on a lighting pole and, not to create any additional traffic embarrassment, continued to her workplace,” said Esposende mayor in a recent interview with TVI.
A witness of the accident tells the morning that, after the accident, he saw a car fade. “I honked and shouted for the car to stop,” but it didn’t stop, ”he said, suspected that the vehicle would follow above 30 km/h allowed on the Eiffel Bridge.
“It was impossible not to have realized what happened”considers the witness.
According to Nair’s family to the public, to this day, Maria João Faustino has never contacted Nor did he find out how the girl’s health was – either directly or through third parties.
The vehicle was the subject of an expert by the authorities and the case is being investigated by the prosecutor, and the process is secret. At issue may be a crime of omission of assistance.
In July, the Chamber of Esposende told what this case is a “Political attack promoted by the opposition”with “the clear purpose of affecting the public image” of Guilherme Emílio, who reappointed by the PSD to the presidency of the Chamber of Esposende.
