Overview

• Police say a pickup rear-ended the family’s car on BR-153 in Campinorte, sending it into the opposite lane where it hit a beverage truck that overturned onto a motorcycle.
• Eight people died, including parents and four children from Jaú do Tocantins; the motorcyclist and a passenger on the motorcycle also died at the scene.
• The family was traveling to a relative’s birthday in Campinorte when the collision occurred around 18:50 on September 20 at km 171.
• The suspect fled but was located by Military Police, had his vehicle seized, was arrested in flagrante, and had the arrest converted to preventive detention as investigations proceed.
• Jaú do Tocantins declared three days of official mourning, while PRF, Polícia Civil, and concessionaire teams completed scene forensics after a temporary full closure of the highway.