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Brazil Sees Deadly Two-Day Wave of Road Crashes Across Multiple States

Investigators now focus on heavy-vehicle interactions, lane invasions, dangerous curves, suspected hit-and-run conduct.

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Overview

  • Authorities opened separate inquiries across several states after Jan. 9–10 collisions, with road closures lifted following rescues and forensic work.
  • Three people died in a car-fort versus passenger car crash on BR-101 in Aurelino Leal (BA), and three were killed in a pickup–truck collision on MS-240 (MS), according to highway police.
  • Espírito Santo recorded three motorcyclist deaths on BR-101 in less than 24 hours involving encounters with trucks and trailers, including rear-end impacts.
  • Further casualties included one dead and four injured with an airlift on the PB–PE border, the hospital death of pedestrian José Reis, 82, after a BR-316 incident in Teresina, and severe crashes reported in Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Amazonas.
  • Hit-and-run incidents intensified concerns, with police identifying the driver suspected of striking a 6-year-old in Araras (SP) and a pickup fleeing after ramming a horse-drawn cart in Aracati (CE).