Brazil Weekend Road Crashes Leave Multiple Dead and Injured

Overview

• From Nov. 22–23, regional reports described separate crashes across multiple states, with PRF, SAMU, firefighters and forensic teams responding as formal investigations proceed.
• Motorcyclists suffered several fatal outcomes, including deaths in Lavras (MG) and Salesópolis (SP), and a 19-year-old soldier in Rondonópolis (MT) after a collision with a car whose driver was detained for drunkenness.
• Pedestrian and bystander incidents included a fatal motorcycle strike in Belém that prompted a street protest, a pedestrian killed on the BR-251 in Unaí with the driver detained after a 0.00 mg/L test, and two people injured in a PA-370 hit-and-run near Santarém.
• Alcohol-related detentions included a Volta Redonda driver who tried to shift blame to his wife after rear-ending a family, an unlicensed 29-year-old suspected of drunken driving who injured a 71-year-old in Bauru, and a 21-year-old held in Caucaia after driving into people leaving a show.
• Traffic disruptions featured a beer-laden truck overturning and blocking the BR-262 for hours, an eight-injury three-car crash in Leme, and fatal wrecks on the SP-255 in Avaré, the SP-340 in Mogi Guaçu, the BR-010 near Palmas and the RJ-124 in Rio Bonito.