Deadly Spate of Brazil Road Crashes Includes Piauí’s ‘Curva da Morte’ With Four Dead

Overview

• Four people died in the PI-247 collision at Uruçuí’s “curva da morte,” including truck driver Elemilson Nascimento dos Santos and three members of one family, while the driver’s wife and two daughters remain hospitalized with serious injuries.
• In Patos de Minas, police arrested a suspect after video showed a high‑speed, abrupt maneuver that killed a 29‑year‑old delivery motorcyclist, with investigators examining suspected vehicle plate cloning.
• A Belo Horizonte judge converted the arrest of Luan Pablo Miranda da Silva, 19, to preventive detention following witness reports that his pickup was speeding and judicial concern over potential psychomotor impairment from an anxiety medication.
• On BR‑376 in Paraná, trucker Jorge Edson dos Santos, 34, died after his vehicle fell into the Rio Charqueada, and authorities detained 15 people accused of looting the spilled beer cargo during recovery operations.
• In Roraima, a truck carrying an unidentified mineral overturned on BR‑401, killing Sandro Alexandre Araújo, 51, injuring two others, and prompting PRF to cite possible charges of negligent homicide in traffic and usurpation of Union resources.