A source from the GNR’s Évora Territorial Command explained to the Lusa agency that the fatal victim, “a 56-year-old man”, and “his 28-year-old son” were both run over by the cart that “is part of the Romaria a Cavalo” between Moita (Setúbal) and Viana do Alentejo (Évora). “The accident occurred on the Landeira football pitch, in the municipality of Vendas Novas. According to the information gathered by the GNR officers, the horses were alone with the cart and the two people were run over”, said the same source. Also contacted by Lusa, a source from the Central Alentejo Sub-Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command explained that the alert for the road accident, involving “one of the carts from the Romaria a Cavalo”, was given to the fire brigade at 12:28 pm. “The slightly injured person was taken to the Évora hospital” and the helicopter from this Alentejo city of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) was called to the scene, but the 56-year-old man ended up dying, with his body still at the scene, at around 3:20 pm. A source from the Vendas Novas Fire Brigade explained to Lusa that the participants in the Romaria a Cavalo, which left the town of Moita on Tuesday, were “in a park with the horses”, on the Landeira football pitch. “They were getting the horses ready”, but the animals “got scared and the accident happened”, said the same source. The people involved, claimed the source from the fire brigade, “were all from the pilgrimage, but they were all stopped, doing the logistics and preparing to resume” the journey. The pilgrimage ends in Viana do Alentejo, where it is expected to arrive on Saturday afternoon, according to the programme consulted by Lusa. 15 operatives were mobilised to the scene of the accident, supported by six vehicles and the helicopter, including resources from the fire brigade, GNR and INEM. Read Also: GNR apreende cerca de 500 máquinas de jogo e constitui 5 arguidos (Portuguese version)