Overview

• Eight people died in the Campinorte, Goiás collision involving a pickup, a family car, a truck loaded with beverages and a motorcycle, according to the PRF.
• Six victims were members of one family from Jaú do Tocantins—parents and four children aged 3 to 17—who have been identified by local authorities.
• Police say the pickup hit the family's car from behind, sending it into the opposite lane where it collided head-on with the truck, which overturned and struck the motorcycle.
• The pickup driver fled but was located by Military Police, arrested in flagrante after the 0.89 mg/L test, and had his vehicle seized as investigators pursue DUI and possible homicide charges.
• Jaú do Tocantins decreed three days of mourning and suspended municipal services on Monday, while the injured trucker was hospitalized and forensic work continues.