Band Minas Reporter Alice Ribeiro Laid to Rest After BR-381 Crash That Also Killed Cameraman

Overview

• Alice Ribeiro’s funeral took place in Belo Horizonte at Parque da Colina, with a private service for family and friends.
• The Band Minas team crashed head-on with a truck on the BR-381 near Sabará while returning from an assignment, and cameraman Rodrigo Lapa died at the scene.
• Ribeiro was taken to Hospital João XXIII in serious condition, her brain death was later confirmed, and her family authorized organ donation.
• Brazil’s Fenaj and the Minas Gerais journalists’ union said the car was driven by the cameraman, calling it role overload, and they asked the Labor Prosecutor’s Office to investigate newsroom safety.
• Band colleagues mourned on air, as tributes noted Ribeiro’s advocacy for her autistic brother and her life as a new mother to a 9-month-old son.