Overview

• Serra das Araras in Rio reopened after a tanker carrying 44,000 liters of ethanol overturned, caught fire and leaked; firefighters oversaw transshipment and the driver remains in critical care, according to officials.
• A tourism bus in Aquiraz crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a motorcycle, killing passenger José Almeida, as the driver presented to the police station and the Civil Police opened an investigation; the rider was hospitalized.
• New cases reported include a driver ejected and killed after hitting a tree in Apucarana (PR), a couple who died when their motorcycle overturned on BR-116 in Divino (MG), and five people gravely injured in a BR-352 head-on in Pitangui (MG) involving a 19-year-old without a license.
• In Rondonópolis (MT), video shows a motorcyclist hit by another bike and then run over by a car within a minute, with the car driver testing negative for alcohol; the Civil Police are investigating the sequence.
• Authorities including PRF, Civil Police, firefighters and Samu report scene forensics, multiple negative breathalyzer results and instances of drivers fleeing or not rendering aid, such as a truck driver who left after a contramão incident in Uberlândia.