Disasters · BR-381 collisionBaguari BR381 crash: Relief driver killed, five seriously injuredAired October 20, 2026 at 1:56 AM UTCWritten October 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A relief driver died trapped inside a bus after a head-on crash on BR 381.0:12Five people were reported seriously injured, and rescuers closed the highway in both0:16directions.0:17The man who died was inside the cab but wasn't driving.0:20Investigators still need to explain why the bus and truck collided head-on.0:24The vehicles collided near Baguari, a district of Governador Validaris in Brazil's0:28Minas Rais state.0:30The location is described as Kilometer 168, near Restorante Garapa, although another0:35traffic update gives Kilometer 169.0:38The precise marker hasn't been reconciled.0:40The collision happened at about 1.40 in the morning on Monday, October 19th, 2026.0:45The bus belonged to Matthias Turismo and had left Belo Horizonte on an excursion0:49journey.0:49The truck was carrying a refrigerated load of mangoes.0:52The bus's destination is given as Teofilo Otoni, but a second account names Novo0:57Cruzeiro.0:58It's unclear whether those places were different stops or whether one destination1:02was wrong.1:02Both drivers became trapped in the wreckage.1:05Rescuers freed the truck driver alive.1:07The bus's second driver, who was in the cab when the vehicles hit, didn't survive.1:1041 people are reported injured, but the injury total ranges from 41 to 42 and still1:16needs reconciling.1:17A separate figure of 15 counts people who received assistance.1:20That smaller number measures a different part of the emergency response.1:24Injured people were taken to the regional hospital in Governador Validares,1:27including the five serious cases.1:29The exact number transported there hasn't been confirmed.1:32Fifteen shouldn't be treated as a confirmed hospital transfer total.1:35Nova 381, the highway operator, sent six ambulances.1:39Samu Brazil's Mobile Emergency Medical Service supplied four units.1:44Three fire service crews also took part, bringing medical teams and rescue crews to1:48the same stretch of highway.1:50Federal Highway Police and Civil Police also responded.1:53Firefighters removed the dead relief driver from the wreckage after forensic1:57examination work.1:58The operation then extended beyond the vehicles themselves.2:01Crews had to clear debris and fuel that had leaked onto the roadway.2:04While rescuers worked and the vehicles were removed, BR 381 stayed closed in both2:09directions.2:10Making the road usable again required a separate clean-up operation.2:17A road release was reported at about 8 that morning, roughly 6 hours and 20 minutes2:22after the crash.2:23Traffic was also described as alternating, using only part of the roadway.2:27A return to unrestricted travel wasn't confirmed.2:30A later traffic update still gave no forecast for full reopening.2:33Drivers therefore faced a prolonged two-way closure followed by accounts of2:37restricted passage, with the extent of reopening still unclear.2:40Matthias Turismo had yet to respond to questions about the collision.2:43Brazil's land transport regulator had also been asked to confirm the bus's2:47authorization for the excursion, and its reply was pending.2:50Hospital updates on the five serious cases and a reconciled injury and transport2:55count are still awaited.2:56Police haven't announced what caused the bus and truck to collide head-on.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗