Brazil Holiday Road Crashes Spur Probes After Bus Rollover and Jaguaré Pileup

Overview

• PRF says documents found in a RAM 250 enabled leads to addresses linked to the suspected driver in the Jaguaré BR-101 collision, who remains at large, with preliminary indications of excessive speed and four family members confirmed dead.
• The Jaboticabal bus from São Paulo overturned around 6 a.m. on Dec. 24 on an SP-326 access ramp, killing a 30-year-old woman and a 3-year-old girl and injuring 38, with the operator citing off-route travel and possible speeding as police await forensic findings.
• Breathalyzer tests for both bus drivers were negative and the vehicle’s documentation was regular, according to authorities, as company Grandino and charter platform Buser report support to victims and families.
• A second crash in Jaguaré on the ES-430 killed friends José Márcio Lima Correia and Jocimario Aragão Barbosa and left three people injured, including a child, with police and forensic teams documenting the scene.
• Holiday-period wrecks were also recorded across several states, including a Reginópolis rear-end crash that killed five members of one family and multiple fatal and serious collisions in MG, RS, PA, MT, RN and SC, all under local investigation.