Sep 7, 2011

Porto Velho has 100 Accidents in Four Days

Brazil News

| PORTO VELHO, Brazil – This city, situated at the headwaters of the mighty Amazon and capital of the north-western state of Rondonia, has recorded over one hundred accidents in four days including that involving a motorcycle and a bus which claimed four lives, reports portalamazonia.com.br

Porto Velho Map

The police recorded 118 accidents in Porto Velho in the period between Friday August 2nd and Monday August 5th. Among the most serious occurrences was a teenaged couple who died after the motorcycle they were riding crashed head-on into a bus on the BR-364 Highway near the town of Triunfo.

The accident involving the couple Nadia Fernandes Queiroz, 28, and Ugalde Emerson da Cunha, 28 occurred on Sunday the 4th, around 9 am. According to police, the young man attempted to pass a car on a dangerous curve when he was surprised by the oncoming bus.

The couple died instantly. The bus driver broke a leg.

Manoel Rufino Camel, 32 and Antonio Ramos Rios, 38 were also killed in traffic accidents. They were rescued and taken to Pope John Paul II Hospital, in Porto Velho but they did not survive their injuries.

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