Deadly Brazil Road Crashes Injure Dozens as NTSB Probes I‑95 Emergency Landing

Overview

• On the Via Dutra near Taubaté, a chain‑reaction crash involving four trucks, a bus and a car killed the 54‑year‑old bus driver and injured 37, with PRF and the RioSP concessionaire clearing the scene as the operator assists families.
• In Groaíras, Ceará, the Curva do Lúcio collision between a motorcycle and a car left four in the same family dead after a 7‑year‑old boy died at the hospital, and the municipality decreed three days of mourning.
• In Florida, a Beechcraft 55 on a training flight made an emergency landing on I‑95 after a reported mechanical failure, striking a Toyota and leaving the driver with minor injuries as the NTSB opened a probe.
• Other serious incidents included a truck‑to‑truck crash and fire on the Régis Bittencourt (one dead), an overtaking collision on BR‑262 in Bom Despacho (one dead, one gravely injured), and a fatal truck overturn on BR‑050 in Araguari, with closures later lifted.
• In Recife, police concluded an inquiry and indicted a 19‑year‑old driver for intentional homicide after video showed a drunk motorist killing a worker, shifting the case from negligent to intentional homicide for Ministério Público review.