Águia de Marabá U-20 Coach Dies a Week After Team Bus Crash in Tocantins

Overview

• Medical exams on Thursday confirmed brain death from traumatic cranioencephalic injury, the club announced.
• The body will remain at Hospital Regional de Gurupi for 72 hours for organ-donation procedures and is expected to arrive in Marabá on Monday for funeral rites.
• He is the second fatality from the January 15 crash on BR-153; fitness coach Hecton Alves, 33, died at the scene.
• State public security officials are investigating through the 74th Police Station, with drivers giving statements and accounts diverging over whether the parked truck was properly signaled.
• Other injured members of the delegation, including Ramon Nilton Vieira, Renye Silva Farias and an 11-year-old, were treated and discharged, and no players suffered serious injuries.