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A survivor of the traffic accident that resulted in the death of 41 people yesterday in Taguaí (SP), Danilo José Oliveira Camargo, said, in an interview with Rede Globo, that the truck driver tried to deviate when he saw the bus in the opposite direction.
Danilo was in the passenger seat of the truck and suffered minor injuries. His friend, truck driver Geison Gonçalves, died in the accident.
“We had left the station five minutes ago. Then, at the corner, we were in our hand and a truck was coming against us (on the right hand). We started to pass, and this bus came apodising (passing) the truck on the curve and he came right in front of us. My friend had the reaction, he pulled the truck to the right, but still ended up colliding with the bus, “he said.
In a statement to police, the bus driver confirmed that he was on the wrong side at the time of the accident. According to him, another vehicle braked sharply in front of him, forcing him to swerve and enter the track in the opposite direction. According to him, the brake of the vehicle he was driving failed. In this maneuver, he would have collided with a truck.
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.
The accident occurred at km 172 Rodovia Alfredo de Oliveira Carvalho (SP-249), between the cities of Taguaí and Taquarituba, in the interior of São Paulo. The bus transported Itaí and Taquarituba employees to a textile company in Taguaí. At least 41 people died. The case is being investigated by the Taguaí Civil Police.
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.
