A spectacular serial collision involving more than 50 vehicles has killed at least five people this Saturday afternoon in the interior of Parana state in southern Brazil and injured dozens of people, at least 11 of them in serious condition. This Sunday morning, September 3, the BR 277 road connecting Curitiba, the state capital, with Ponta Grossa, was still blocked near the city of Balsa Nova, where a spectacular accident occurred.
Five of the already confirmed fatalities died at the scene, but there are reports that two more people taken to hospitals did not resist their injuries, raising the death toll to seven, but without official confirmation until this Sunday. The wounded were taken to several hospitals in the cities of the Curitiba metropolitan area, including Trabaljador Hospital and Evangelico Hospital in the state capital, as well as Hospital da Santa Casa de Palmeira, as well as other medical facilities, making the task difficult. to collect information, said a spokesman for the Federal Highway Police (PRF).
This Sunday morning, BR 277 was still completely blocked in the direction of Curitiba-Ponta Grossa, and in the opposite direction, despite the non-working day, traffic was slow, as drivers slowed down to watch dozens of damaged vehicles. Since the priority during the day and night of Saturday was to help the victims, this Sunday all the vehicles involved in the collective accident were still at the scene, some of them were completely destroyed after being squeezed between the front and rear, and there was no action. information about when an important road will be reopened.
It is not known exactly how the accident occurred, but at the time of the serial collision, it was raining heavily in the region and there was fog, which made it difficult to see the car in front. Among the vehicles involved are cars, vans, trucks, one of which was engulfed in flames and hit other nearby vehicles, as well as several buses, one of them with the Londrina Futebol Clube youth team, but all athletes and managers managed to get out. .
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This Correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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