Trucks crash on BR-153 and accident leaves three dead The three victims of the accident between trucks on BR-153, in Talismã, in the southern region of Tocantins, have been identified. The accident was recorded this Sunday (16). José Carlito Palmiere, aged 69, died at the scene. Two other occupants were taken to a hospital in Porangatu (GO), but did not survive their injuries. According to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of the city of Goiás, the victims were identified as João Leonardo Pinto Trindade and Paulo Cunha de Araújo, both from Pará. José Carlito was born in Minas Gerais. The three dead were in the same truck, which crashed into the back of another heavy vehicle. According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the stretch of km 793 remains partially open to traffic using the stop and go system. A second vehicle involved in the accident is still being removed. Three victims were inside the vehicle Disclosure/Civil Defense João Carlos Lopes READ ALSO Accident between trucks leaves three dead on BR-153 Who were the two brothers killed in an accident on TO-070 Accident between car and truck leaves six dead on TO-010 The Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Gurupi collected José Carlito's body at the scene and released it to his family this Monday (17). The other two victims remain at the IML in Porangatu, waiting for their families. The Tocantins Public Security Secretariat (SSP-TO) informed that the case was registered by the Civil Police and that the circumstances of the accident will be investigated. See more news from the region on g1 Tocantins.
Victims of accident involving trucks on BR-153 are identified
Trucks crash on BR-153 and accident leaves three dead The three victims of the accident between trucks on BR-153, in Talismã, in the southern region of Tocantins, have been identified. The accident was recorded this...
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Trucks crash on BR-153 and accident leaves three dead The three victims of the accident between trucks on BR-153, in Talismã, in the southern region of Tocantins, have been identified. The accident was recorded this Sunday (16). José Carlito Palmiere, aged 69, died at the scene. Two other occupants were taken to a hospital in Porangatu (GO), but did not...
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- Trucks crash on BR-153 and accident leaves three dead The three victims of the accident between trucks on BR-153, in Talismã, in the southern region of Tocantins, have been identified.
- José Carlito Palmiere, aged 69, died at the scene.
- Two other occupants were taken to a hospital in Porangatu (GO), but did not survive their injuries.
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