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Deadly Weekend on Brazil’s Roads, With BR-285 Crash Killing Four From Same Family

Authorities open nationwide investigations into causes, seeking evidence of crimes.

Overview

  • Families identified the four killed in the BR-285 head-on in Entre-Ijuís as siblings Ana Paula de Souza, Jonathan Fernandes Diello and Samara Fernandes, and Ana Paula’s husband, Gabriel Antônio Soares dos Santos.
  • Elsewhere, a car fire after a rear-end crash on the SP-255 in Avaré left a driver dead, and three people died in a collision involving two cars and a truck on the SPA 115/255 near Trabiju, São Paulo.
  • The PRF reported a pilgrim walking on the BR-262 in Nova Serrana was struck and killed by a motorcyclist who had no licence and carried cocaine and crack.
  • In Ponta Grossa, the PRF said a mother and her adult son died after attempting to cross the BR-376 to reach a rideshare vehicle.
  • In Rondonópolis, security footage showed a driver abandon crash victims after hitting a motorcycle, and police are searching for the suspect; in Matozinhos, cameras recorded a shooting that killed two men as investigators work to identify the gunman.