Overview

• A frontal crash on BR‑285 in Entre‑Ijuís (RS) left four car occupants dead after both vehicles burned, the truck driver tested negative for alcohol, and PRF and forensic teams are investigating the single‑lane stretch.
• In Ponta Grossa (PR), Eni Amaral Alves Betim, 57, and her son Fernando Alves Betim, 30, died while crossing BR‑376 to reach a rideshare pickup as PRF reported a car and then two trucks struck them, with the truck drivers not stopping.
• Hit‑and‑runs are under active investigation, including a Peugeot driver who fled after a fatal collision with a motorcycle that killed Ivanira de Oliveira, 47, in Rondonópolis (MT), and a 65‑year‑old cyclist struck twice on the Padre Manoel da Nóbrega in Itanhaém (SP) as both drivers left the scene.
• Evidence of risky or illegal driving features in several cases, such as an unlicensed driver and beer found in a fatal frontal collision in Luzerna (SC), a Cuiabá suspect who drove against traffic and fled leaving alcoholic beverages in his car, and a detained driver in Monte Alegre (PA) who admitted drinking after a zigzag crash that injured two motorcyclists.
• The STJ ordered the release of Brendo dos Santos Sampaio, accused of killing two pedestrians in São Caetano do Sul in April, replacing preventive detention with measures including electronic monitoring, a driving ban, restricted movement and nightly home confinement.