Deadly Holiday Road Crashes Across Brazil Prompt Manhunts for Hit-and-Run Drivers

Overview

• In Jaguaré (ES), PRF said documents found in a pickup linked to a BR-101 crash that killed a couple and their daughters, ages 10 and 7, led to addresses for the suspected driver, who remains unlocated.
• In São Paulo’s Guaianases, police arrested a driver on suspicion of drunk driving and leaving the scene after a sidewalk strike killed a 56-year-old street vendor, identified using the vehicle’s plate.
• In Alpinópolis (MG), a 21-year-old passenger died and four were injured after a reported contraflow collision; police reported signs of intoxication in the Duster’s driver, who was arrested in flagrante.
• Separate cases in São Paulo state include two cyclists, 16 and 20, killed by a pickup in Palmares Paulista and a fatal rear-end crash with a fleeing driver on the Fernão Dias in Atibaia, with both drivers sought.
• Other crashes reported a two-year-old critically injured in a hit-and-run in Roraima, two fatalities in a head-on in Ceará, and multiple investigations with Samu, fire-rescue and police conducting pericial work.