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Deadly Holiday Weekend on Brazil’s Roads Sees 11 Killed in Bahia Head‑On and New Fatal Crashes in MG, MT and Pará

Authorities cite risky overtaking, suspected drunk driving and possible mechanical failure as investigations and DNA identifications proceed.

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Overview

  • The BR-101 collision near Mucuri, Bahia, left 11 dead from two families after a minivan and a pickup truck collided and burned; PRF’s initial analysis points to an improper overtaking by the minivan as DPT works on DNA to identify carbonized victims and some burials have begun.
  • On BR-040 in Paracatu (MG), five people died, including four from one family, and three were gravely injured, with PRF indicating that a T‑Cross crossed into the opposite lane and hit a Voyage head-on.
  • Four people, including an adolescent, were killed in a frontal crash on BR-135 in Buenópolis (MG), which shut the highway for rescue and forensic work before traffic was reopened.
  • In Terra Nova do Norte (MT), Márcia Maria Jacinto Silveira, 55, died after a truck’s wheel detached while in motion and struck her off the roadway, with Civil Police investigating the cause of the detachment.
  • In Santarém (PA), police said a pickup driver with signs of intoxication entered the wrong lane and hit motorcycles, killing one person and injuring three, as in Mauriti (CE) a hit-and-run after an overtaking maneuver killed a motorcyclist and officers recovered alcohol bottles from the abandoned vehicle.