Two victims are from Pernambuco, and one from Rio de Janeiro. The fourth victim, a woman, has also been identified, but according to the Almenara Legal Medical Institute, documents are missing to confirm her name and age.
The accident also left 32 people injured, according to the Federal Highway Police (PRF). The vehicle with 54 people overturned on BR-116, in a place known as “death curve”.
The injured were taken to two hospitals in the region, Santa Rita in Medina and Vale do Jequitinhonha in Itaobim. Two were in a more serious condition and should be transferred this Sunday (28), to a hospital in Teófilo Otoni.
The bodies of the identified victims were released for burial, according to the IML. The four dead were passengers.
See who the victims are:
- Severina Gomes de Oliveira, 70 years old, bus passenger, born in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
- Mauro Sérgio da Silva, 42 years old, passenger on the bus, born in Capoeiras in Pernambuco.
- Maria Amanda Menezes da Silva, 29 years old, bus passenger, born in Águas Belas in Pernambuco.
The tourist bus left Caruaru in Pernambuco, heading to the capital of São Paulo. The point of the accident was at kilometer 90 of the highway, 18 km from Medina and 22 km from Itaobim, both in the Jequitinhonha Valley.
The trip, which would have lasted a total of 34 hours, was interrupted 17 hours after boarding in the city of Caruaru, in Pernambuco.
The PRF reported that the driver of the vehicle lost control of the steering wheel, hit a protective wall on the side of the road, hit the shoulder and fell onto the road.
There were victims trapped in the wreckage, but the police did not say how many people.
A witness informed the g1 that there were adults and children in the vehicle, and that some people were moving to São Paulo.
For this reason, there were animals in the luggage compartment of the collective, such as cats and chickens, as well as a dog that ended up dying. The box that transported the animal was left lying on the side of the highway.
Other belongings such as baby bottles and a family photo are also among the objects found on the side of the highway.
In addition to the Fire Department, the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) also provided assistance to the occupants of the collective.
Firefighters washed the runway after the forensic work.
O g1 made contact with the company responsible for the vehicle, but did not receive a response until the most recent update of this report.
