Overview
- Authorities identified the motorist as Raílson Souza, 48, who was heading home after a night shift as a security guard.
- Security cameras show the car missing a curve on Rua Paulo de Souza Santos in Jardim Pedreira, launching over a stairway and rolling to the bottom.
- The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday in the city’s south zone, leaving the vehicle completely destroyed.
- Firefighters cut through the wreck to extricate Souza, and hospital CT and X‑ray scans found no fractures before he was discharged hours later.
- Souza attributes a sudden malaise to a missed hypertension pill and denies alcohol use, speeding or reckless driving.