Police officers stated that the motorcycle was hit by the vehicle that went up the wrong side of the viaduct. Jucélio Paiva/ Rede Amazônica. The Amazonas Court ordered the case against the driver Fábio da Silva Moreira, accused of causing the death of a motorcycle taxi driver after driving the wrong way and colliding head-on with the victim's motorcycle, in April 2024, to one of the Manaus Jury Courts. The decision was signed last Friday (3) by judge Túlio de Oliveira Dorinho, from the 1st Criminal Court of Manaus. When declining jurisdiction, the magistrate understood that there are sufficient elements for the accusation to be analyzed by the Court specializing in intentional crimes against life. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp In the decision, the judge cites evidence that the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol, traveling on the wrong side of Avenida Torquato Tapajós and causing a head-on collision with the motorcycle driven by motorcycle taxi driver Irivaldo Silva da Conceição. The judge also mentions statements from witnesses and police officers who reported signs of drunkenness, in addition to information that the accused had tried to leave the scene after the accident. According to the decision, although the driver refused to take the breathalyzer test, the witness reports, combined with the presence of alcoholic beverages in the vehicle and the circumstances of the accident, are sufficient, at this stage of the process, to justify the analysis of the hypothesis of possible intent. The judge also highlighted that the understanding of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) allows cases of traffic homicide to be submitted to the Jury Court when there is evidence that the driver assumed the risk of producing the result, such as in situations involving drunkenness, driving on the wrong side of the road and other extremely dangerous conduct. With the decision, the case will be referred to one of the Manaus Jury Courts, which will continue the criminal action. It will be up to the new court to decide, at the end of the procedural instruction, whether the accused will be subjected to trial by a popular jury. Remember the case The accident happened on the morning of April 8, 2024, on Viaduto de Flores, on Avenida Torquato Tapajós, in the Central-South Zone of Manaus. According to the Military Police, the driver of a Volkswagen T-Cross accessed the viaduct from the wrong side of the road and hit the motorcycle driven by motorcycle taxi driver Irivaldo Silva da Conceição head-on. With the force of the collision, the victim was thrown onto the vehicle and dragged for more than 100 meters. The death was confirmed at the scene by a team from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu). On the back of the motorcycle was Cinthia Gonçalves Melo, who suffered fractures to her legs and arms and was taken to a hospital in the capital. Still according to the investigation, the driver and a woman who accompanied him were detained at the scene. At the time, the then delegate of the Specialized Homicide and Kidnapping Police Station (DEHS), Gerson Freitas, reported that the driver had offered R$10,000 to a group of motorcycle taxi drivers to leave the scene of the accident before the police arrived, but the proposal was refused. Driver invades the wrong lane and kills motorcycle taxi driver in Manaus