36 vehicles involved in a multiple pile-up in Sao Paulo

36-vehicle pile-up kills 2 and injures 20 in São Paulo

36 vehicles involved in a multiple pile-up in Sao Paulo
36 vehicles involved in multiple pile-ups in Sao Paulo

A 36- vehicle pileup which occurred at 7:45 am (10:45GMT) when a trailer truck carrying ink collided with another trailer carrying scrap metal and caught fire, at the motorway bridge 70 feet above, in the City of São Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday30th August 2017.

However, speeding vehicles clocking 50mph behind could not stop in time and contributed to the pileup, because of thick smoke from the fire.

According to officials, 20 motorists were injured was rushed to the local hospital and there was two fatality, one victim who veered to avoid the accident fell off the bridge in a panic and died as one of the truck exploded. The other fatal victim got his car trapped under one of the exploding truck unable to escape.