Deadly String of Brazil Road Crashes Across Several States Leaves Multiple Dead and Dozens Injured

Overview

• On the Via Dutra near Taubaté, a six-vehicle pileup in a work zone killed a 54-year-old bus driver and injured 37, with Viação Guanabara assisting passengers and the driver’s family.
• In Groaíras (CE), a head-on crash at Curva do Lúcio left a couple and their two children dead after the 7-year-old, initially rescued in critical condition, was later reported deceased, and both vehicles burned.
• Police in Paraíba say a car attempting an overtake on PB-177 was crushed between a truck and a lorry, killing driver Lucas Antônio, 80, who lacked a license, and passenger Severino Alves Ventura.
• On BR-262 in Bom Despacho (MG), the PRF reports a failed overtaking maneuver sent a car into a truck and then a semi, killing the 56-year-old driver and leaving a 19-year-old passenger gravely injured.
• Other confirmed cases include a fatal truck rollover on BR-050 in Araguari that partially closed the highway, a deadly fiery crash between semitrailers on the Régis Bittencourt in Barra do Turvo, a pedestrian killed on the Padre Manoel da Nóbrega, and a nonfatal truck tip-over in João Pessoa, with investigations ongoing.