the brazilian defender Renan Victor da Silvaplayer of Bragantino loaned by him palm treeswas arrested this Friday after fatally running over a motorcyclist, while driving in an apparent state of intoxication, according to the Police.
The accident took place in the city of Bragança Paulista, inside the state of Sao Paulowhen Renan invaded the opposite lane with his vehicle and collided head-on with a motorcyclist, who died as a result of the strong impact.
The Militarized Police of the state of Sao Paulowithout identifying those involved in the accident, confirmed to Efe the details of the event and the death of the motorcyclist and also indicated that the driver of the vehicle was arrested “in flagrante delicto.”
Likewise, the regional Public Security Secretariat reported that the victim was 38 years old and “the suspect was taken to the Public Prison of Piracicaba -neighboring city- where he will remain at the disposal of Justice”
The commissioner in charge of investigations, Aline Ferreirahe told reporters in Bragança Paulista that Renan will answer to the Justice for “culpable homicide”, when there is no intention to kill, but with the aggravating circumstance of having his driver’s license expired and refusing to take a breathalyzer test.
According to local media, the agents who approached the scene of the accident reported that the defender, barely 20 years old, showed signs of drunkenness and they realized that he did not have the proper papers to drive.
Already at the police station Renan He remained silent and also refused to take a blood test, according to the same local media.
According to the portal “ge”, of the Globo group, in the vehicle that the defender was driving there was a bottle of an alcoholic beverage that will go through the expertise to determine if it has his fingerprints.
Formed on the basis of palm trees, Renan left on loan to Bragantinoclub of the Austrian factory Red Bull, at the beginning of this season with the aim of adding more minutes.
In 2019, he was the U’17 world champion with the Brazilian team.
The following year he was promoted to the first team of palm treeswith which he participated in the two Copa Libertadores titles won consecutively by the team led by the Portuguese Abel Ferreira.
The club of Sao Paulo He reported in a note that “he is in contact with Red Bull Bragantino to follow up on the case and give all the necessary assistance to the victim’s relatives”, to whom he expressed his solidarity “in this moment of great sadness”.
Bragantino He also expressed solidarity in a press release with the victim’s family, identified by the media as Eliezer Pena.
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