The load flattened and crushed a car belonging to the office of the mayor of the neighboring city of Ortigeira, which was carrying five people. Four of them died instantly and one was injured and taken to a hospital.
Four people were killed and another injured when tree trunks fell from a truck and crushed a car in the southern Brazilian state of Parana.
The accident occurred yesterday Monday on the BR376 highway, near the town of Tibazi, when the driver of the lorry transporting tree logs on behalf of the Klabin paper mill attempted a sharp maneuver to avoid a head-on collision with another car, resulting in his vehicle overturning, according to police representative.
The load flattened and crushed a car belonging to the office of the mayor of the neighboring city of Ortigeira, which was carrying five people. Four of them died instantly and one was injured and taken to a hospital.
The driver of the truck got out of his vehicle unharmed, as reported by Brazilian television.
RES-EMP
Read the News today and get the latest news.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news.
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.