Plane with bodies of UFPA victims killed in accident arrives in Pará One year after the accident that killed three students and a driver from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) on BR-153, in Goiás, the institution released this Wednesday (16) a note in honor of the victims. Signed by rector Gilmar Pereira da Silva, the text states that the nostalgia remains and that the university remains committed to preserving the memory of those who lost their lives during the trip to the 60th Congress of the National Union of Students (Conune), in Goiânia. "After a year, the longing remains and with it the commitment to keep the memory of each person who left alive", says an excerpt from the message. The university also renewed its solidarity with the families, friends and colleagues of the victims and highlighted that "remembering is also a gesture of community". Victims of the accident in Goiás Social Networks ? Click and follow the g1 PA channel on WhatsApp Remember the tragedy The accident happened on the morning of July 16, 2025, in Porangatu, in the north of Goiás. Around 140 UFPA students were traveling in a convoy made up of two buses and two minibuses heading to Conune, in Goiânia, when a trailer entered the opposite direction and hit the first vehicle of the caravan. The collision also involved another bus in the convoy. Students Ana Letícia Araújo Cordeiro, from Pedagogy; Leandro Souza Dias, from Pharmacy; Welfesom Campos Alves, Production and Multimedia; and UFPA driver Ademilson Militão de Oliveira. Truck driver Keyne Laurentino de Oliveira, who was driving the trailer, also died. Other students were injured and taken to hospitals in Goiás and Tocantins. g1 contacted the Civil Police of Goiás to find out the result of the investigation and was awaiting a response until the last update of this report. The tragedy caused national commotion. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, and several educational institutions expressed their regret. UFPA declared an official mourning period of three days, created a monitoring committee, set up a reception center for families on the Guamá campus and began coordinating care for injured students and relatives of the victims. Two days later, the bodies arrived in Pará on a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft. The university community paid tribute on the Guamá campus, in Belém, and on the Altamira campus, before the burials. The last photo IS WORTH THIS UFPA students who suffered an accident posed together in a photo before the trip from PA to GO Social networks/Reproduction Shortly before the trip, the students took a photo next to the minibus that was part of the convoy. In the image, they appear gathered together and holding flags of student movements, in a recording made before the caravan left. Published on social media, the photograph became one of the main symbols of the tragedy. Three of the students who appear in the image died a few hours later: Ana Letícia Araújo Cordeiro, Leandro Souza Dias and Welfesom Campos Alves. One of the students who was also in the vehicle survived the accident and managed to warn her family that she was out of risk. Tribute from the university In the message released this Wednesday, UFPA states that the victims "carried the strength of those who believe in education as a path to transformation" and says that remembering them is also a community gesture. "UFPA remains alongside its community. Today. And always", concludes the note signed by rector Gilmar Pereira da Silva. One of the buses hit by a truck in an accident in Goiás Disclosure/Fire Department READ ALSO: 'Kind, strong, inspiring': Friends talk about UFPA students killed in an accident on BR-153 See what is known about the accident that killed UFPA students and drivers in Goiás UFPA revives accident with students 13 years after similar tragedy in 2012 Accident on BR-153 in Goiás Arte g1 ?Click and follow the g1 Pará channel on WhatsApp Videos with the main news from Pará,