Beat between trailer and van leaves nine dead in northern Minas Gerais

An accident involving a truck and a van left Nine people dead On the night of Tuesday (13), on BR-231, in Grão Mogol, in the north of Minas. The Minas Gerais Fire Department reported that others Ten people were injured .

According to the corporation, the accident occurred around 9:30 pm at kilometer 446 of BR-231, near the Barrocão community. The trailer moved towards Bahia/Montes Claros, and the van was heading from the Triangulo Mineiro to Ceará.

According to the agents, the van was in a difficult place with the crash and several victims were stuck in the hardware. Among the occupants of the van, nine died at the scene – eight adults and one child – and eight were injured. In the trailer, the driver and the passenger were the only occupants and suffered minor injuries.

The Firefighters teams performed the release of victims who were stuck in the hardware and later, in work integrated with Samu, attended the 10 injured victims, conducting eight occupants of Van to hospitals of Francisco Sá and Montes Claros. The driver and passenger of the trailer were served and released on site as they were conscious and oriented.

The Federal Highway Police worked in the control of traffic and the Civil Police carried out the work of technical expertise on site.

During the performance of rescue teams, traffic on the highway was suspended in both directions. According to the PRF, the track was only fully released at 03:10 this Wednesday (14).

This content was originally published in a beat between trailer and van leaves nine dead in northern Minas Gerais on the website CNN Brazil.

Source: CNN Brasil

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