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Multiple Heavy‑Vehicle Crashes Across Brazil Kill More Than 20

Transport permits and technical causes are under investigation after a pedestrian overpass collapse that killed two, with crews still at a high‑fatality crash scene in Paraná.

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Overview

  • A frontal collision between a micro‑bus from Imbituva and a carreta on BR‑373 in Imbituva, Paraná, was reported Wednesday with local authorities and the concessionaire saying 21 people died and four were injured while the road remained closed.
  • On the Rodovia Fernão Dias a carreta carrying an oversized truck struck a passarela support, causing the bridge to collapse and killing a mother and her adult son, and the carreta driver was arrested on charges of homicídio culposo and lesão corporal culposa.
  • The Instituto Médico‑Legal identified three people who died carbonized in a blaze after a collision of heavy trucks on BR‑364 in Itapuã do Oeste, Rondônia, including a 16‑year‑old passenger and two truck drivers.
  • A multi‑vehicle pileup on BR‑277 at km 41 in Morretes fully blocked the highway and remained under active response with no confirmed fatalities at last report, while a tourist bus collision on BR‑349 in Correntina, Bahia, left 13 people with minor injuries.
  • Investigations will probe technical laudos and special‑transport authorizations as federal police, concessionaires and local emergency teams assess causes, victim ID and the wider strain on regional health services and highway traffic management.