A witness to the accident on the MG Highway says the truck was speeding and entered the lane

In total, 41 people died and 11 were injured after the collision involving a trailer, a bus and a car on BR-116 on Saturday 21

A witness to the accident involving a bus, a trailer loaded with a granite stone and a passenger car BR-116in Minas Gerais, he said The driver of the truck was speeding when he entered the wrong lane, causing the collision.. The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday the 21st, at KM 285 of the BR-116, in the district of Teófilo Otoni. In all, 41 people died and 11 were injured. One person still remains hospitalized.

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“We were coming to the side of the road, me and the bus, the bus was behind me. I saw when the truck shook, then when I looked back, in the rearview mirror, I saw such a huge impact and then just a fire,” he said. Aldimar Ferreira61 years old, in an interview with the Jornal Hoje.

Ribeiro is a truck driver and was traveling on the highway at the time of the accident. He went to the police to give a statement this Tuesday, the 24th.

Ribeiro’s version contradicts the testimony of another crash survivor who said the bus’s tire exploded, causing the crash.

The main line of investigation by the Civil Police of Minas Gerais is that the accident was caused by a granite stone that came loose from the trailer.

The driver of the truck, Arilton Bastos Alves, 49, gave a statement to the police yesterday after fleeing the scene of the accident. His request for pre-trial detention was rejected by the courts as it was no longer possible to arrest him in the act.

According to the civil police of Minas Gerais, Arilton’s license was confiscated two years ago.

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