Police indict 5 for death of girl crushed by float

Five people were indicted for intentional homicide in the investigation that investigated the death of 11-year-old Raquel Antunes da Silva, concluded yesterday (26) by the 6th Police Station (Cidade Nova). On April 20 last year, the child was sandwiched between a pole and a float from the Em Cima da Hora samba school, from the Ouro Series of the Rio de Janeiro carnival, on Rua Frei Caneca, at the exit of the Sambódromo. Raquel died after undergoing surgeries at the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, in downtown Rio, where she was hospitalized. As the clinical picture was very serious at the time of the accident, the girl was transferred to the unit after undergoing medical care at a post installed in the Sambódromo. “The investigation found that the mechanical horse and the samba school’s float were moving coupled in the direction intended for the removal of the vehicle from the Sambódromo dispersal. The car collided with a concrete pole, crushing the victim,” said the Civil Police State Secretariat. Float involved in accident that resulted in the death of a girl last year – Tomaz Silva/Arquivo/Agência Brasil . In the view of the Civil Police, among other illegalities, there was non-compliance with technical standards. In addition, irregularities were committed in relation to the National Traffic Code. “Failures in the coupling of the float, in the orientation for the movement of the vehicle, as well as in the permanence of children on the platform are also included in the final report”, he informed, adding that the lack of inspection by the responsible entity on the day was also pointed out. of the event. Flávio Azevedo da Silva, who was president of Em Cima da Hora, is one of the five indicted. The school will not comment on the indictment. “Em Cima da Hora prefers not to comment on the case. Everything is being resolved with the competent authorities and LigaRJ [responsável pela organização dos desfiles das escolas da Série Ouro], according to the press service of the school. The president of the Liga das Escolas de Samba da Série Ouro (Liga RJ), Wallace Palhares, was also indicted. He did not respond, until this article was published, to requests from Agência Brasil to comment on the indictment. The report tries to contact the other three defendants: technical engineer Daniel Oliveira dos Santos Junior; the dispersion coordinator responsible for coupling and guiding the trailer, José Crispim da S. Neto; and tow driver Carlos Eduardo Pereira Cruz. Report In June last year, the report prepared by experts with a simulated reproduction of the accident that caused Raquel’s death concluded that there were irregularities in the removal of the allegory outside the Sapucaí Sambódromo. The report took into account the expert examinations carried out on site, in the vehicles, in the filming and also those related to the simulated reproduction of the accident. At the time, the expertise assessed that there was no person to assist the driver of the float on the way out. “[Foi constatada] the absence of an assistant in the right side sector of the set to guide the truck driver, since the lighting conditions of the place did not allow viewing through the vehicle’s rearview mirror”, reported the experts. The report also concluded that the connection of the car to the trailer for the removal of the allegory was not correct. “[There was]inadequate coupling (towing) of the float, using chains and screws, in disagreement with the provisions of the Brazilian Traffic Code.” For the experts, the lack of isolation of the area for the passage of the allegory and the undue movement of people on the street, which is close to the Sambódromo, were among the factors that contributed to the accident. “The dimensions of the curvilinear section of the track and the float were very close, added to the lack of isolation of the road, allowing for the disorderly circulation of passers-by during the displacement of the set, as well as the irregular positioning of the collided pole on the curb of the sidewalk”, highlighted the experts at that time. MPRJ The death of the girl led the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) to make a request for the adoption of escorts in all the floats at the exit of the Sambadrome, which was accepted by the judgment of the 1st Child, Youth and Elderly Court From Rio. The Justice then determined the obligation for all schools of the Ouro Series, the Special Group and the junior samba schools to prevent the undue approach of a child or teenager to the allegories when leaving the Apotheosis area of ​​Passarela do Samba. Still in the decision, the 1st Court ordered the Military Police to place vehicles and the Municipal Guard to patrol on foot, on Rua Frei Caneca and in other streets around the Sambódromo, where the floats are moved after the parades.

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