Overview

• After a tanker carrying 44,000 liters of ethanol overturned and burned on the Serra das Araras (Piraí, RJ), firefighters finished transshipment and fully reopened the road as the badly burned driver remains in intensive care and INEA evaluates environmental risks.
• In Porto Alegre, Civil Police said the school‑trip driver reported a brake failure and was outside the vehicle when it rolled and caught fire; 55 adolescents were evacuated without serious injuries and damage to nearby property is being documented.
• In Aquiraz (CE), a tourism bus lost control, crossed into oncoming traffic and killed motorcycle passenger José Almeida, while the injured rider was hospitalized; the driver presented to police and the case is under investigation.
• In Campinas (SP), a 47‑year‑old motorcyclist died after rear‑ending an intermunicipal bus as the sector association SetCamp opened an internal inquiry, and in a separate case a rider was critically hurt after a first collision left his bike on the roadway and a bus struck it.
• Police and forensic teams are also probing other serious crashes reported since Friday, including a double‑impact motorcycle fatality in Rondonópolis (MT), a bridge fall death in Aracaju (SE), a severe truck rear‑end in Itatinga (SP) and a three‑truck pileup on the Via Dutra in Piraí (RJ).