Truck crashes into flooded area, driver dies on BR-116
45-year-old truck driver dies after truck leaves the road and becomes submerged in flooded area on BR-116
A serious accident on BR-116 ended with the death of a 45-year-old truck driver in the early hours of Tuesday (20), in Quatro Barras, in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. The truck left the track, fell into a flooded area on the side of the highway and was submerged.
According to information confirmed by the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the accident occurred around midnight, at kilometer 73 of BR-116, in the section known as Contorno Leste.
The vehicle was heading in the São Paulo direction when the runway exit occurred. The circumstances that caused the driver to lose control of the truck have not yet been clarified.
The truck was submerged and death was confirmed after withdrawal.
After leaving the highway, the truck fell into a flooded area and ended up submerging. The situation mobilized teams responsible for attending the occurrence and removing the vehicle.
According to PRF, a team from the dealership responsible for the stretch carried out the removal of the truck from the water. Only after the operation was the presence of a deceased victim verified.
The driver was a 45 year old man. So far, the identity of the victim has not been disclosed by the authorities.
Invoice found by PRF indicates hospital products
During the attendance of the occurrence, federal road police located a tax note with the description of hospital products.
However, PRF reported that it was not possible to confirm that the truck was loaded with the materials, since the trunk was deformed as a result of the accident.
Information about possible cargo still depends on confirmation.
Crash on BR-116 did not cause queues
Despite the severity of the occurrence and the need to remove the vehicle from the flooded area, the Federal Highway Police reported that there was no registration of queues in the stretch during the update passed on to the press.
The causes of the runway exit must still be clarified. So far, no information has been released about possible factors that may have contributed to the accident.
