Overview

• Traffic on Serra das Araras in Piraí (RJ) was fully reopened after firefighters completed transshipment of a 44,000‑liter ethanol load from an overturned tanker that burned; the driver remains in intensive care with severe burns, and INEA assessed environmental risks.
• In Aquiraz (CE), security video showed a runaway tourism bus crossing into the opposite lane and striking a motorcycle, killing passenger José Almeida, 54, and injuring the rider; the driver presented to police and a Civil Police investigation is underway.
• In Porto Alegre (RS), a charter bus with 55 adolescents rolled and caught fire during a descent, injuring no one gravely; police say the driver had exited after reporting a brake issue as the vehicle then moved, and the company reports support to passengers while inquiries continue.
• Campinas (SP) recorded multiple bus‑related cases: a 47‑year‑old motorcyclist died after rear‑ending an intercity bus, another rider was left in serious condition after being hit by a bus following an earlier crash on SP‑75 with a negative breath test for the bus driver, and a municipal bus struck a storefront after the driver suffered a medical episode.
• Other serious collisions included a fatal truck–pickup crash on BR‑101 in Bahia, two separate motorcycle–truck fatalities in Tocantins and Palmas with forensic work and alcohol tests reported, and a cascading crash in Rondonópolis (MT) that killed motorcyclist Vitor Souza Silva as police and perícia teams documented scenes across states.