Brazil Reports Deadly Weekend Crashes and Police Killing as Probes Continue

Overview

• On BR‑020 in Canindé, Ceará, a three‑vehicle collision left three women dead and four others with minor injuries, according to the Federal Highway Police.
• On BR‑230 in Campina Grande, Paraíba, a rollover killed a back‑seat passenger and injured three people as PRF reported the victim was not wearing a seat belt and the driver declined a breath test.
• On BR‑101 in Aurelino Leal, Bahia, a head‑on crash between an armored car and a passenger vehicle killed three people and led to partial lane closure during rescue operations.
• At the Paraíba–Pernambuco border, one person died and four were injured after a vehicle overturned, with a PRF helicopter airlifting a victim with traumatic brain injury to Recife.
• In Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã, police commissioner Paulo Vitor Silva Heitor was fatally shot during an attempted robbery, and the capital homicide unit opened diligences to identify and arrest suspects.