Overview

• The late-night collision on BR-153 in Campinorte left eight dead, including a couple and four children from Jaú do Tocantins, after their car was rear-ended and pushed into oncoming traffic.
• Police said the 46-year-old pickup driver fled the scene, was located with support from PM-GO, and was arrested after a positive breathalyzer test.
• Jaú do Tocantins decreed three days of official mourning for the six local residents killed and set a pause in municipal services on Monday.
• A tanker loaded with ethanol overturned on the Comandante João Ribeiro de Barros highway in Jaú (SP) with no leak or injuries, yet the stretch remained fully closed as teams conducted safety checks and diversions.
• Other incidents reported included a nine-vehicle pileup on the Anhanguera with one injured, a fatal truck rollover near Corumbá, a head-on crash on SP-258 that killed a pickup driver, and a truck fire that spread to roadside vegetation on the Washington Luís.