Ambulance Crushed Between Two Trucks on BR-153, Two People Killed

Overview

• A chain collision on BR-153 left an ambulance trapped between a Scania and a DAF truck, killing the vehicle’s driver and a passenger after the crash on Wednesday night.
• Five people were in the ambulance when it was struck; firefighters extricated three occupants who were taken to Hospital Regional de Miracema with serious injuries.
• The two deceased were identified as Weliton Corrêa Nolêto, 40, the municipal ambulance driver, and passenger Gildete Carvalho Pires, 53, and Rio dos Bois declared three days of official mourning.
• Police, the PRF, Polícia Científica and the IML have taken part in on-site pericial work and the 66ª Delegacia de Polícia de Miranorte is conducting the formal investigation.
• BR-153 is a major heavy-vehicle route and the crushed ambulance cabin and uninjured truck drivers will be key to reconstructing the crash and informing any changes to local patient-transport procedures.