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MP asks for compensation for victims of bus accident in Serra da Barriga

Bus that fell off a cliff in Serra da Barriga is removed from the scene of the accident Scientific Police The Public Ministry of Alagoas (MP-AL) filed a lawsuit to request compensation for individual and collective...

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MP asks for compensation for victims of bus accident in Serra da Barriga
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Bus that fell off a cliff in Serra da Barriga is removed from the scene of the accident Scientific Police The Public Ministry of Alagoas (MP-AL) filed a lawsuit to request compensation for individual and collective moral damages, in addition to material damages, for the victims of the tragedy in Serra da Barriga, in União dos Palmares (AL). The accident with a bus left 20 dead and dozens injured in November 2024. ?Join the g1 Alagoas channel According to the public prosecutor of União dos Palmares, Jheise Gama, an injunction has already been granted to guarantee the payment of medical and psychological expenses for survivors and their families. The final decision on compensation, however, has not yet been taken. The case awaits analysis by the responsible judge. The prosecutor explained that the closing of the criminal investigation investigating the accident does not interfere with the progress of the civil action seeking compensation, as they are independent spheres of justice.

Criminal investigation archived The accident took place on November 24, 2024. A bus transporting visitors to the Pôr do Sol na Serra project reversed and overturned on an embankment on the banks of the road. Investigations pointed to human error as the cause of the tragedy. The 20 victims who died were between 5 and 84 years old. The MP-AL archived the inquiry that investigated the case. The decision was published on Wednesday (22) and can still be challenged. Map, accident, Serra da Barriga, Alagoas Reproduction In the decision, prosecutor Ariadne Dantas Meneses ordered the victims' families to be summoned by notice, as they do not have lawyers appointed in the case and were not located by email. Family members can appeal against the filing within 30 days, counting from the publication of the decision. The request can be filed in person at the headquarters of the 3rd Public Prosecutor's Office of União dos Palmares or sent to the email pj.3uniaopalmares@mpal.mp.br. Victims Victims of the tragic accident in Serra da Barriga Reproduction/TV Asa Branca Alagoas The Legal Medical Institute (IML) identified the 20 dead. Among the victims were a mother and her 9-year-old son, a teacher, a woman who was traveling with her children and a grandson, and a teenager who was with her parents and grandparents on the bus at the time of the accident. See below: Luciano de Queiroz Araújo (bus driver) - 47 years old Thamires Caroline da Silva - 35 years old Lourinete Figueiredo Batista - 53 years old Ivone Clemente da Silva - 37 years old Rosimeire Barros da Silva - 54 years old Andrielly Rafaella de Santana da Silva - 14 years old Alaide Tereza de Jesus, 84 years old Josefa Marcelino, 45 years old Heloíse Ferreira da Silva, 21 years old Saulo Hermínio da Silva, 24 years old Antoniele Fernanda Américo da Silva, 31 years old Pedro Henrique Américo da Silva Filho, 14 years old Linelenes "Aline" Florêncio dos Santos, 38 years old Maitê Francine Romão da Silva, 5 years old Maria Joselani da Silva Lima Santos, 32 years old Jobson Gabriel Lima dos Santos, 9 years old Sebastião Azevedo Alves, 73 years old Vandilma Floro de Gouveia Melo, 57 years old José Cícero Aquino da Silva, 50 years old Pedro Manoel da Silva, 65 years old

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