App driver strikes two brothers and leaves scene without rendering aid in Ponta Grossa
Collision in Ponta Grossa leaves two brothers, aged 8 and 18, injured. Driver left the scene and later appeared at the police station.
A hit on Ponta Grossa left two brothers, aged 8 and 18, injured early Monday night. The incident was recorded at the intersection of Roberto César Antunes Ribas and Onivaldo Seifert streets. According to information from the Patrulhamento Viário Group of the Traffic Superintendent, the victims were on a bicycle when they were hit by an electric vehicle. The driver left the scene without providing any assistance.
The patrulhamento viário team was triggered by the call center and arrived at the address around 18:25. At the scene, officers identified the two victims, an 18-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy, who are brothers.
According to the report of the occurrence, the two followed by bicycle down Rua Roberto César Antunes Ribas and tried to access Rua Onivaldo Seifert when there was a cross-collision with a BYD Dolphin car.
Victims were rescued by the SAMU
After the hitch, teams from the Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) provided the first care to the brothers.
The victims had lesions considered mild and were referred to Unimed Hospital, where they underwent a medical evaluation.
No updated information on the health status of the two brothers was released after referral to the hospital unit.
The driver left the scene and then went to the police station.
According to the information raised by the traffic officers, the driver involved in the hitchhiking left the scene before the arrival of the care, without providing relief to the victims.
The identification of the car and its owner was carried out through consultations with computer systems, images of security cameras and information obtained from witnesses.
After gathering the data, the patrulhamento viário team moved to the police station to record the occurrence.
While the officers were preparing the bulletin, the driver spontaneously appeared at the police unit, accompanied by a lawyer.
According to the report recorded in the occurrence, the man said that he works as an app driver and had left a passenger in the vicinity just before the accident.
He also stated that he decided to leave the scene after the hitchhiking for fear of possible reprisals.
Passenger assisted in vehicle identification
A woman who had disembarked from the car moments before the crash also returned to the scene.
It provided information about the driver and the vehicle, contributing to the identification of the car involved in the accident.
The father of the two victims also attended the police station to follow the procedures and express interest in the facts.
Should be investigated by the Civil Police
The report was prepared by the agents of patrulhamento viário, and the informed forecast is for the opening of a police investigation to ascertain the circumstances of the run-in in Ponta Grossa.
The investigation should clarify the dynamics of the collision and the circumstances in which the driver left the site without providing care to the victims.
To date, there is no information on any charges, indictments or other measures taken against the driver.
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