Deadly Crashes and Illegal Bus Fire Sweep Brazil as Police Make Hit-and-Run Arrest

Overview

• Police said three people died in a frontal collision between a passenger car and an armored vehicle on BR-101 in Aurelino Leal, Bahia, at a stretch known as Curva do Padre.
• On BR-381 (Fernão Dias) in Igarapé, Minas Gerais, a fire destroyed a clandestine interstate bus; all 47 passengers evacuated safely as ANTT confirmed the trip was unauthorized and the drivers fled.
• One person died and four were injured after a car lost control and caught fire at the Paraíba–Pernambuco border, with a severely hurt victim airlifted by the PRF to Recife.
• Civil police in Espírito Santo located and arrested the driver accused in the November death of cyclist Gabriel dos Santos Felberg under a preventive warrant; he will face qualified homicide charges.
• A truck carrying about 80 cattle overturned on PB-366 in São José de Piranhas, Paraíba, killing several animals but injuring no people, as authorities opened inquiries into the cause.