Accident between trucks leaves dead and injured in Zona da Mata
Two people died after an accident involving two trucks and a car on PE-50, in Vitória de Santo Antão, in Zona da Mata Sul of Pernambuco. Witnesses told the TV Globo that the crash happened after the car tried to overtake one of the trucks, which caused the two larger vehicles to collide and fall into a lake on the banks of the state highway (see video above).
The accident occurred on Monday afternoon (6), in the Engenho Cacimbas neighborhood, close to a refrigerated food factory located in the region. Images received by TV Globo show the movement after the collision at the location, which was closed for three hours until the victims and vehicles were removed.
A witness said that the driver of the bucket truck braked the vehicle to avoid hitting the car that overtook him. He then hit the smaller truck and both fell into a water reservoir located on a rural property on the side of the road. The driver of the car fled the scene after the accident.
The smaller truck was destroyed, and the bucket’s front was dented. The rescue of the victims was carried out by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) and the Fire Department, which reported that the two men who were inside the smaller truck died at the scene. One of them was 56 years old and the other’s age was not disclosed..
- Another man, aged 31, who was also in the cabin of the smaller truck, was taken by firefighters to João Murilo Hospital, in Vitória de Santo Antão;
- As his name was not disclosed, it was not possible to obtain information about the patient’s clinical condition from the health unit;
- The bucket truck driver only had bruises on his body;
- The accident is being investigated by the Civil Police, which reported that “investigations have begun and are ongoing until the case is clarified.”
