Driver Detained Then Released After Car Strikes Three Outside Arena do Grêmio

Overview

• A car moved through a crowd outside the Arena do Grêmio during a Copa do Brasil match and struck three people, videos and eyewitnesses show people shaking the vehicle before the driver accelerated and hit bystanders.
• The driver, identified as Cleber Júnior Fioravante da Silva, was detained by military police, taken to the Polícia Civil and released to respond in freedom while investigators continue forensic work.
• Officials reported signs of alcohol at the scene and a refusal to take a breath test, but a preliminary civil exam found no psychomotor alteration, leaving contradictory evidence about intoxication.
• One injured victim, delivery worker Juan Darlei Francisco dos Santos, has a fractured ankle and is awaiting surgery with family saying he may be unable to work for about a year.
• Separate incidents across Brazil include a multi‑fatal crash on BR‑277 under investigation, a delivery rider killed in Santarém while the driver tested negative and was released, a van crash on BR‑232 that injured patients, and a motorcyclist swept into a drain and killed during a Belo Horizonte storm, all prompting ongoing police and rescue inquiries.