On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 5th, a tragic accident shook the city of Ipameri, Goiás. A rollover involving a school van resulted in the death of a 9-year-old girl, identified as Celina Victoria Frões Muniz Goes. The incident occurred on a country road, approximately 35 km from the paved road, in a region known as Mata do Calixto.

Police Chief Diogo Ferreira told the g1 portal that the vehicle involved in the accident belonged to an independent rural school transportation provider. The Ipameri City Hall, in an official statement, expressed its condolences for the loss of the young student, declaring three days of mourning in Celina’s memory. The school where the girl studied, Nossa Senhora de Fátima Municipal School, suspended classes out of respect for the student’s memory, and teachers, including the education secretary, attended the wake and burial, which took place in Caldas Novas. Continues…