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Couple dies in accident on BR-101, south of Bahia

A collision between a car and a truck caused the death of two people on BR-101, on Saturday (4). The victims are Geraldo dos Santos, 47, and Maria Lúcia Silva dos Santos, 58.

The two were married for just six monthsas reported by TV Santa Cruz, a TV Bahia affiliate in the region.

The accident occurred at km 428 of BR-101, in a section of the municipality of Maraú, in the lower south of Bahia.

As a result of the crash, the passenger car was destroyed. The couple died at the scene.

The truck driver, whose identity was not disclosed, was unharmed. The vehicle was only hit on the left side of the front portion.

Also on Saturday (4), another head-on collision occurred between a passenger car and a truck on the BR-101, but in a section of Arataca, in the south of Bahia.

O couple who were in the smaller vehicle died. They were identified as:

• driver William Meireles do Nascimento, 34 years old, was rescued by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu), but died on the way to the hospital;
• and passenger Maria Nelza Meireles Farias, aged 46, who died at the scene of the accident.

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The driver Vinícius Gabriel da Silva and the truck’s passengers, José Roberto Oliveira and Cleber Rosa Oliveira, suffered injuries and were taken to the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Health Center.

Subsequently, Cleber Rosa was transferred to the Costa do Cacau Regional Hospital. But the current state of health of him and the other occupants of the vehicle was not disclosed.

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