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Truck driver dies after crash and fire on BR-116 in Muriaé
A truck and an empty trailer collided on BR-116 near Muriaé, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state.
The crash happened on Tuesday night on a stretch of road in the Serra do Belvedere area.
The truck was carrying frozen chicken and travelling downhill when it lost control; a mechanical fault is an initial suspicion, not a confirmed cause.
Both vehicles caught fire after the impact, and the truck driver died at the scene.
The truck's assistant and the trailer's driver were injured and taken to hospital.
Police and rescue teams responded, alongside firefighters and road concessionaire EcoRioMinas staff.
Investigations will determine the cause of the crash, with police examination findings still to come.
A truck driver died after a head-on collision between a truck and a trailer caused both vehicles to catch fire on BR-116 in Muriaé.
The crash happened on Tuesday night in the Serra do Belvedere area.
The truck driver was trapped and died at the scene, while the truck’s helper and the trailer’s driver were injured.
A mechanical failure is an initial suspicion, but the cause is still under investigation.
- Who
- The truck driver died; the truck’s helper and the trailer’s driver were injured.
- What
- A truck and a trailer collided head-on and caught fire.
- When
- Tuesday night, October 13, 2026.
- Where
- BR-116, in the Serra do Belvedere area of Muriaé, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Why
- An initial suspicion is that the truck suffered a mechanical failure. The cause is still being investigated.
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A truck and a trailer collided head-on on BR-116 in Muriaé, and both vehicles caught fire.
Rescue teams took the two injured survivors to hospital, while police and other teams began work at the scene.
- Location
- BR-116, Serra do Belvedere, Muriaé
- Vehicles
- A box truck carrying frozen chicken and an empty trailer
- Fatalities
- One, the truck driver
- Injuries
- Two, the truck’s helper and the trailer’s driver
- Initial suspected cause
- Mechanical failure, still under investigation