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The driver of the bus that was involved in an accident this morning, in Rodovia Alfredo de Oliveira Carvalho (SP-249), described the moment of the crash to the Civil Police. According to him, another bus suddenly stopped in front of him, for which he had to veer and invade the track in the opposite direction. According to him, the brake of the vehicle he was driving failed. northThat maneuver, collides with a truck.
The accident occurred at km 172 of the highway, between the cities of Taguaí and Taquarituba, in the interior of São Paulo.
The bus was transporting employees from Itaí and Taquarituba to a textile company in Taguaí, at least 41 people died.
According to an investigator working in partnership with the region’s police and the Taguaí Civil Police, the 55-year-old driver appeared confused, nervous and with no signs of intoxication. The suspicion is that he has suffered a head injury.
When he left [da pista], came face to face with the cart. But he does not remember anything else: how the accident happened, if he tried to avoid the car. He just remembers waking up lying on the side of the bus. “
Investigator of the case
The driver was rescued with abrasions to the head and taken to the Emergency Department of Santa Casa de Fartura. He later complained of dizziness and nausea and was transferred to Avaré. You must undergo a CT scan and an evaluation by a neurologist.
A 21-year-old girl was also seen at Abundance with a broken leg.
Biggest accident of the year
Map shows the location where the bus and truck collided, with more than 40 deaths
Image: Art / UOL
The Piraju Fire Department received the first call to attend to the incident at 6:45 am.
The Military Police consider the accident the largest of the year, according to Lieutenant Alexandre Guedes.
“It is the largest occurrence of a fatal accident on the roads this year,” he told GloboNews. According to him, the first hypothesis is that an overtaking could have caused the accident, but the investigations are still in an initial stage.
The DER (Department of Roads and Highways) reported that this was the first fatal accident on the section of the Alfredo de Oliveira Carvalho road between Taguaí and Taquarituba in ten years.
The company says the bus was hired by employees
Lawyer in Stattus Jeans Indústria e Comércio Ltda, Emerson Fernandes told Twitter that the bus was a kind of ‘capacity’ hired by the employees themselves, with no direct connection to the company. All the occupants were from the city of Itaí, he said.
“We are working together with Mr. Gustavo, from the city of Itaí, with the intention of delivering the bodies as soon as possible to help at the funerals in Itaí. All the people were from this city,” said Fernandes, adding that the company She is shocked by what happened.
The Itaí City Council has made available three sports gyms in the municipality to hold the wake of the injured.
