Deadly Crashes and Shootings Across Brazil Spur Arrests, Hospitalizations

Overview

• Authorities in São Gonçalo say a car mounted a sidewalk by the RJ-106 and injured at least eight people, with multiple patients undergoing surgery and the cause under police investigation.
• In São Vicente, businessman Ruy Barboza Neto was arrested after a crash that killed three women, with a clinical exam confirming intoxication following his refusal to take a breath test.
• In Itaiópolis, a 10‑month‑old died hours after a collision that also killed her parents, as highway police attributed culpable homicide to the Amarok driver, who tested negative for alcohol and was cited for licensing and overcrowding violations.
• In João Pessoa, a judge ordered preventive detention for Diogo Dantas de Mendonça after exams indicated intoxication in a crash that killed a 4‑month‑old and injured five others.
• In Manaus, police suspect a street race led to a three‑vehicle crash that killed two and injured six, with the Amarok driver arrested in flagrante and testing negative for alcohol; in São Paulo’s Vila Sônia, a police stop escalated to gunfire, leaving one dead, two wounded and one person under arrest.