Deadly Weekend Crashes Across Brazil Leave Multiple Dead, PM Officer Killed in Recife

Overview

• In Recife, PM soldier Leidy Emily died and colleague Lucas Farias was severely injured when their patrol car collided at an intersection and struck a pole; video shows the viatura being hit in the crossing and tossed into the post as forensic work proceeds.
• Three PMs were run over during a traffic stop on Avenida Ayrton Senna in Barra da Tijuca, with two drivers taken to a precinct for statements and one officer transferred with suspected head trauma after initial hospitalizations.
• In Rio, an IML report found alcohol traces in the driver accused of hitting a mother and children, with Márcio Queiroz Gentil jailed to face charges including alcohol-qualified vehicular homicide as the child’s burial is scheduled.
• Fatalities were reported in several states, including a motorcyclist hitting a parked truck on BR-050 in Uberlândia, two trucks overturning on BR-282 in Santa Catarina with one death, car collisions with power poles in São Paulo and Goiás, and a motorcyclist killed after striking a capybara on BR-101 in Angra dos Reis.
• Police opened inquiries and managed traffic across scenes, with searches underway for a hit-and-run driver after a man was found dead on SP-225 in Bauru and multiple cases undergoing perícia and IML procedures.