Off-Duty Police Sergeant Dies After UTV Rollover in Protected Dunes in Ceará

Overview

• The officer died Sunday after transfer from Aquiraz’s municipal hospital to the Instituto Dr. José Frota in Fortaleza.
• He was off duty from the Ceará Military Police’s 19th Battalion and was riding with his wife when the vehicle overturned in the Catú dunes on Saturday.
• Municipal traffic agents and the city guard provided first aid, extricated him from under the UTV, and transported him for treatment.
• Authorities took the vehicles into custody and launched a police investigation, noting the area bars UTVs, quad bikes, and 4x4s under municipal law and Public Ministry guidance.
• Officials reported alcoholic beverages at the scene, and accounts differ on whether a second UTV was seized or fled the location.