7 Indigenous Guarani killed after loose grain trailer hits car in central Brazil
Seven Indigenous Guarani, including two children and a prominent community leader, were killed Aug. 14 in a crash with a grain cargo trailer that reportedly broke loose from the truck pulling it in central Brazil. All seven were from Kalipety village in the Tenondé Porã Indigenous Territory in São Paulo state. A fisher who witnessed […]
Seven Indigenous Guarani, including two children and a prominent community leader, were killed on August 14 in a crash with a grain cargo trailer that reportedly broke loose from the truck in central Brazil. The victims, all from Kalipety village in the Tenondé Porã Indigenous Territory in São Paulo state, included Karaí Tiago Honório dos Santos, a 34-year-old executive coordinator of the Guarani Yvyrupa Commission and Guarani Inter-Village Committee.
The fisher who witnessed the crash described the corn-filled trailer detaching from the truck and "violently" striking the passenger car, causing both vehicles to catch fire and kill everyone in the car. The truck driver fled the scene of the accident.
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