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Truck falls over van and kills 9 rowing team members in Paraná
Teenager and driver were rescued alive
Published on October 21, 2024 at 09:21
Rowing athletes died in accident in BR Credit: Reproduction / PRF
Nine members of a rowing team died after a trailer fell onto the van the team was in, on BR-376. The accident happened on Sunday night (20), in Guaratuba, on the coast of Paraná.
The names of the victims have not yet been released and the survivors were taken to Hospital São José, in Joinville (SC), according to G1 Paraná. According to information from the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the van left São Paulo towards Rio Grande do Sul.
In the early hours of the morning, a trailer lost its brakes and collided with the back of the van. The vehicle with the athletes hit another car, rolled on the highway and was then dragged off the track by the truck, which overturned on top of it.
A 17-year-old teenager and the driver of the van were injured. The drivers of the other vehicles involved were not seriously injured.
The road remains closed on Monday morning (21).
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