Multiple Deadly Road Crashes Sweep Brazil Over Weekend

Overview

• A state deputy, Amilton Filho, died when the car he was in struck a parked truck on BR-050 while returning from campaign events; the Goiás assembly declared official mourning.
• A tourist bus overturned at the Curva da Ferradura on BR-262 in Ibatiba, leaving at least three people dead and dozens more injured with emergency teams treating and transferring victims.
• On BR-364 near Cuiabá a truck that changed lanes caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed two people; the truck driver fled, was later detained by the federal highway police, and registered a 0.00 mg/L breath test while investigators seek highway camera footage.
• Several other collisions across the weekend killed motorcyclists and family members, including a three-person family in Pedreiras whose accident involved a fleeing truck driver, and a motoboy in João Pessoa whose car driver was arrested and charged.
• Federal and local agencies — including the PRF, Polícia Civil, Corpo de Bombeiros, Perícia Criminal and IML — have opened inquiries, performed forensic work and begun criminal or traffic-violation proceedings as authorities probe causes and search for drivers who left accident scenes.