Luis Paulo Braga da Silva, 36 years old, known as Paulinho, was detained by the Municipal Guard on suspicion of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm. Reproduction/Domingos Costa The driver involved in the collision that killed Anayldes Gouveia Ribeiro, aged 60, was arrested on July 19, in Raposa, in the Metropolitan Region of São Luís. Luis Paulo Braga da Silva, aged 36, known as Paulinho, was detained by the Municipal Guard on suspicion of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm. According to the Maranhão Civil Police (PC-MA), Luis Paulo was driving the vehicle that hit Anayldes on the morning of July 9, on MA-203, known as Estrada da Raposa. ? Click here and subscribe to the g1 Maranhão channel on WhatsApp According to the investigation, he parked the car in front of a bakery and got out of the car, leaving the engine running, the gearbox in neutral and the handbrake not being activated correctly. The vehicle ran down the road and hit Anayldes, who was waiting for her granddaughter at a bus stop. She died on the way to the hospital. A six-year-old child was in the passenger seat but was not injured. Driver of a car left without a handbrake that killed a woman in Greater São Luís has not yet given a statement Reproduction/TV Mirante Luis Paulo had already presented himself to the Police Superintendence, in São Luís, where he gave a statement. After being released, he was released while the Civil Police investigated the accident. On July 19, Luis Paulo was arrested by the Raposa Municipal Guard in a raid located on Estrada da Raposa. According to the Municipal Guard, Luis Paulo was accompanied by another man when the two were approached. One of them tried to escape and threw an orange bag into the bush, but was caught by the agents. During the approach, there was also an attempt to discard a firearm, which was found by the guards. "One of those involved was Paulinho, who was recently involved in that accident that killed you. He is one of those involved and was precisely the one who was carrying a firearm and tried to get rid of it", said Colonel Ismael de Souza, municipal secretary of Public Security of Raposa. According to the Civil Police, the arrest of Luis Paulo for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm does not change the investigation into Anayldes being run over. According to the corporation, the cases involve different facts. The investigation into Anayldes' death awaits the conclusion of the expert report. The document is considered essential to clarify all the circumstances of the accident. So far, the case is being investigated as manslaughter while driving a motor vehicle, when there is no intention to kill. According to the police, the report will allow the circumstances that led to the accident to be identified more precisely and will help to conclude the investigation. The investigation is expected to be completed in approximately 30 days. After that, the case will be forwarded to the Judiciary. Read also: VIDEO: Woman dies after getting out of car without activating handbrake, in Greater São Luís Woman who died after getting run over after driver getting out of car without activating handbrake will be buried in Greater São Luís Driver of car left without handbrake that killed woman in Greater São Luís has not yet given a statement Remember the case Woman dies after getting run over after driver getting out of car without activating handbrake, in MA The accident happened early in the morning of last 9th of July, around the Alto do Farol neighborhood, in the Mangue Seco region, in the municipality of Raposa, in the São Luís Metropolitan Region. A security camera recorded the moment the driver parked in front of a bakery and got out of the car (see above). Soon after, the vehicle began to descend the road. Upon realizing that the car was moving, the driver ran to try to stop it, but was unable to. The car hit Anayldes and then crashed into a tree. She was seriously injured and received first aid from residents and a team from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu). The victim died on the way to the hospital. A child was in the passenger seat of the vehicle and was not injured. After the collision, the driver removed the child from the car and left the scene before authorities arrived. Anayldes was married and had two children. Her husband, Amarildo Ferreira, was at work when he received the news of her death. "From the moment you leave your automatic car with a six-year-old child inside, what are you hunting? You have to take responsibility. Then you destroyed my family. I was living with her, her and her granddaughter. Now it's just me and my granddaughter", lamented the victim's husband. The Civil Police, through the Raposa Special Police Station, opened an investigation to investigate the case as manslaughter while driving a motor vehicle, when there is no intention to kill. The police have already started interviewing witnesses and collected images from security cameras. The material will be analyzed to help clarify the circumstances of the collision. “He was negligent in his actions, this could be considered as abandoning a child in a dangerous situation or even giving over the steering wheel to a minor”, ??highlighted delegate Marcelo Augusto.
Driver of car left without handbrake that killed woman in Greater São Luís is arrested for drug trafficking
Luis Paulo Braga da Silva, 36 years old, known as Paulinho, was detained by the Municipal Guard on suspicion of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm. Reproduction/Domingos Costa The driver involved in...
This story was originally published by G1. Visit the original publication for further details.
Open original publication