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Brazil Roads Reel From Fires, Fatal Crashes and Major Blockages Over Three Days

Authorities have opened inquiries, with crews clearing wreckage to restore traffic.

Overview

  • On BR-365 near Água Boa (MG), a pickup struck the rear of a truck leaving a fuel station, killing driver Luiz André Santos Pereira, 32, and closing the highway until early Thursday after oil spill cleanup.
  • A glass-laden tractor-trailer overturned on BR-040 in Contagem (MG), trapping and killing the driver as a car also overturned, prompting partial closure and crane removal while police conduct forensic work.
  • In Florianópolis (SC), motorcyclist Flávio Augusto Schuller Azambuja died after being hit by a bus on SC-401; the motorcycle caught fire and bus occupants were uninjured.
  • On the Fernão Dias in São Sebastião da Bela Vista (MG), an overturned trailer blocked the road for about four hours with congestion reaching 18 km, and a 40-year-old man was arrested for stealing cargo at the scene.
  • Separate bus fires in Pilar do Sul (SP) and Unaí (MG) led to swift evacuations with no injuries, and officials and companies launched technical and administrative investigations into suspected mechanical faults.