95 dead in road accidents during Brazil carnival
March 7th, 2011 - 11:30 am ICT by IANSRio de Janeiro, March 7 (IANS/EFE) At least 95 people have died and over 900 have been injured in traffic accidents during Brazil’s most important festival, the carnival, police said.
According to figures cited in Sunday’s traffic police bulletin, 58 people died and 555 were injured in the 1,046 accidents that occurred on the country’s roads Saturday alone.
This was in addition to the 37 people who died and 394 who were injured in over 960 accidents that occurred Friday.
In the southern state of Santa Caterina, 25 people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck Saturday.
Security forces Saturday conducted nearly 5,800 alcohol sobriety tests, of which 190 came back positive. As many as 75 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
During the carnival, the number of people travelling on roads to and from the festivities increases every year.
–IANS/EFE
pm/rd
- 12 die in Peru bus collision - Aug 29, 2010
- 17 dead, 40 hurt in Ecuador accident - Apr 14, 2011
- 26 killed in Brazil Carnival road accident - Mar 06, 2011
- 25 die in Brazil accident - Mar 06, 2011
- 20 killed, 42 injured in Peru bus crash - Feb 23, 2010
- 10 killed, 82 injured in Bolivia bus crash - Jan 31, 2010
- 23 die in China accident - Apr 12, 2012
- 17 killed in Peru bus accident - Nov 19, 2010
- 16 killed as power line falls during Brazil carnival - Mar 01, 2011
- 13 die as fresh tornadoes hit three US states - May 26, 2011
- 188 killed during Songkran festival in Thailand - Apr 16, 2011
- 11 killed in road accident in Bengal - Mar 17, 2012
- Five killed in Nepal road accident - Apr 07, 2012
- Four die in 50-vehicle pile-up in Chile - Oct 13, 2011
- Seven killed in Colombia accident - Jan 08, 2011
Tags: brazil carnival, carnival, carnival rio de janeiro, driving under the influence, driving under the influence of alcohol, efe, festivities, head on collision, police bulletin, rio de janeiro, road accidents, santa caterina, security forces, sobriety tests, traffic accidents, traffic police