Accident between truck and motorcycle leaves injured and road closed in Taquara | Rio de Janeiro

Rio – An accident between a truck and a motorcycle left one person injured, on Thursday afternoon (9), in Taquara, in the West Zone of Rio. The collision closed a section of Avenida Nelson Cardoso.

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According to the Fire Department, military personnel were called to the scene, around 3:50 pm, in an attempt to provide assistance to a victim of a collision between a truck and a motorcycle. Due to the severity of the injury, a corporation helicopter was called to rescue the person and take him to a health unit. There is still no information about her condition or her identification.

Witnesses reported on social media that the motorcyclist ended up under the truck as a result of the crash. In a video, the victim appears with half of his body trapped in the wheel of the vehicle.

The accident temporarily closed the section of Avenida Nelson Cardoso, near Rua Bacaris. The collision happened in the direction of Barra da Tijuca, but, during the rescue of the helicopter, both directions had to be closed. At around 4:55 pm, the lane towards Tanque was reopened.

The incident also had an impact on the BRT service. Mobi-Rio reported that the section between Taquara and Aracy Cabral stations, towards Madureira, on Transcarioca, was temporarily interrupted. Lines 35 (Madureira x Alvorada), 46 (Penha x Alvorada) and 41 (Madureira x Terminal Recreio) have irregular intervals.