Former mayor of Guatapará, SP, dies in an accident on the Antônio Machado Sant'Anna highway, in Cravinhos

Ailton Aparecido da Silva was elected mayor of Guatapará, SP, in 2024 Reproduction/EPTV Former mayor of Guatapará (SP) Ailton Aparecido da Silva, aged 57, died on Thursday night (13) in an accident on the Antônio Machado Sant'Anna highway (SP-255), in Cravinhos (SP). According to records from Artesp, the agency that regulates highways under concession in the state, the case was at km 23, heading north, towards Ribeirão Preto (SP), and involved a rollover followed by being run over. The incident was classified as highly critical, resulting in a fatality. According to Artesp, the driver of a Corolla heading south towards Araraquara (SP) said that she saw a Saveiro overturned in the median and that, subsequently, the driver of the utility vehicle entered the road. She said she didn't have time to brake or swerve and hit him. The driver of the Corolla was not injured. The causes of the rollover were not disclosed. The dynamics are still being refined. Follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Lane closed for more than three hours According to Artesp, lane 1 in the south direction was closed until 11:15 pm. The highway is managed by the concessionaire ViaPaulista. The Technical Police arrived and the CIivil Police were at the scene. The body was taken to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Ribeirão Preto, according to the responsible funeral home. Until the last update of this report, there was no definition of wake and burial times. Three-day official mourning In a statement, the City of Guatapará communicated with regret the death of Ailton Aparecido da Silva and expressed solidarity with family and friends. "In respect for the memory of the former mayor, the municipality of Guatapará declares official mourning for three days", says the statement. Elected in 2024 and revoked by the TSE Ailton Aparecido da Silva was elected mayor of Guatapará in 2024 by the MDB, with 39% of the valid votes, and took office on January 1, 2025. In April of that year, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) unanimously rejected the registration of his candidacy and revoked the elected ticket, due to reflex ineligibility, which is the restriction on relatives of executive office holders. The decision took into account that his father, former mayor Juracy Costa da Silva (PL), served two terms and died on June 3, 2024, three months before the municipal election, still in office. For the TSE, the son's inauguration would constitute a third term for the same family, which is prohibited by the Constitution. See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto and the region