Born in Porto Alegre, in the southernmost state of Brazil, Cristiano Ferreira began to race motorcycles professionally in 2012. The following year he rode the number 84 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R for Equipe Carlos Barcelos in the GP Light class of the Moto 1000 GP championship. Spearheaded by former riders Alex Barros ~ a world championship grand prix winner - and Gilson Scudeler - a seven time national champion -, Moto 1000 GP is Brazil's prime motorcycle racing series. The championship has five classes - GPR 250, GP 600, GP Light, GP Master and GP 1000.

On Sunday, 23 June 2013, Ferreira was one of the nine riders of the Barcelos team participating in the third round of that year's Moto 1000 GP championship, an event held in Interlagos, in São Paulo. The GP Light and GP Master competitors were grouped in a single race, with 48 riders taking the start; Ferreira started it from the 29th position of the departing grid. On the third lap of that race Ferreira's Kawasaki slid on the second leg of Senna's S, one of the slowest parts of the circuit, and he fell from it, being then hit in the neck and run over by another motorcycle.

Ferreira was quickly reached by the medical team led by Dr. Marcos Kourikian, that diagnosed a serious traumas to his skull and chest. The rider was found to be in cardiac arrest suffering a serious hemorrhage, so he received cardio-respiratory resuscitation and was intubated atill at the place of the accident. Dr. Kourkorian also deployed a cervical collar and, given Ferreira's critical condition, handed him for transportation to Hospital Geral de Pedreira, in the neighborhood of the same name. Meanwhile the race was restarted from its very beginning, with the two laps until then completed declared void.

On the way to the hospital Cristiano Ferreira suffered another cardiac arrest, was was reanimated by Dr. Ricardo Duprat. Ferreira was treated at the emergency wing of the Pedreira hospital, where he had a third cardiac arrest and, in spite of the best efforts of the clinic's medical team, passed away at 15h07 that same day. Moto 1000 GP organizers declared a three-day morning on his memory. News of Ferreira's death reached back to Interlagos as the programme was coming to a close, and as a sign of respect all podium ceremonies were cancelled.

A twenty-nine year old, Ferreira owned P. H. Daora, a bakery in Capão da Canoa, in Rio Grande do Sul - what earned him the nickname "Padeiro" ("The Baker"). He was a graduate of Universidade Luterana do Brasil at Torres. Ferreira was survived by his siblings Vagner Rodrigo and Andressa and by his girlfriend Alexandra Cappua Munhoz.

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Anápolis, a town located in the State of Goiás in Central Brazil, Matheus Barbosa was considered one of the most promising members of a new generation of Brazilian riders. Barbosa put impressive performances in the Yamaha R3 Pro Cup, Kawasaki Ninja 300 Cup and the Paulista Yamalube championship in 2017 and 2018.

That opened a door for a seat in the official Team Kawasaki Brasil that took in the SuperSport 600 class of the 2019 Brazilian Superbike Championship. Barbosa would take that series by storm; after a tight, year-long fight against team mate Leo Tamburro, Barbosa would be crowned champion after winning no less than seven of the 11 races of that season, and scoring seven pole-positions and seven fastest laps. Team Kawasaki Brasil was so impressed by Barbosa's performance that he was invited to race an extra motorcycle in the last round of the top motorcycle class of Brasil, the Superbike Pro. That event would be a double-header in Interlagos, held on 01 December - the same day he clinched the SuperSport 600 title. Barbosa would not disappoint, obtaining a couple of fifth places and impressing observers with his raw speed.

With that, and having winning his third title in three years, Barbosa was widely recognized as a rider with potential to race abroad. Thus, it was hardly a surprise when Kawasaki Brasil hired him for a full season in Superbike Pro, giving him a Ninja ZX-10R. Barbosa was elated with his relationship with that Japanese manufacturer and the squad, managed by JC Racing, was one of the best equipped in the local racing scene. While recognizing the challenged presented by the significantly faster and more powerful Superbike machines, Barbosa expressed confidence, and set a goal of fighting for wins that season.

Like many other racing series the 2020 Brazilian SuperBike Championship had its start significantly delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the country being one of the most affected by such a public health emergency, teams and organizers alike struggled to be able to get ready; funding became another significant concern. Therefore, it was only on 30 August that the 2020 season finally saw a kick-off, in the form of a race in Interlagos - but the long pause did not affect Barbosa's pace. He scored the fourth fastest time in qualifying and, when the lights were off... he bolted to the lead, overtaking pole-sitter Pedro Sampaio and no one else than Eric Granado, previously raced in the Moto3 and Moto2, competed in the MotoE World Championship. Barbosa led the two first laps. but was then overtaken by Granado and Sampaio. The race would end in this order - but no means it was a disappointing result. Barbosa had shown that he could mix with the best in SuperBike Brasil as well.

The following race, which took place a week later in Goiânia, had a storyline quite similar to the first. Once again Barbosa dashed to the front of the pack, and this time led four laps before relinquishing the command to Granado. He went home to another third place. The third race, on again held in Interlagos, yield yet another third place to Barbosa. Three podiums in three events were an auspicious start, and it seemed that his objective of achieving a win in his first years in the series was tantalizingly close. However, in early October such hopes would be shattered as he was informed by Kawasaki Brasil that, due to the ecumenic recession amidst the pandemic, the team budget shrunk, and they had to let him go. The official team would only be able to field one motorcycle for the season; Leo Tamburro, and not Barbosa, was the chosen one.

Barbosa looked for alternatives and found one in PCM/PRT, a private team. He joining them for the next event, scheduled for 18 October, with Edson "Mutante" Luiz and Pablo Flores Nunes as team mates. Barbosa quickly showed that being discarded by a works team was not going to slow him down. Despite lacking familiarity with his new mount, a Suzuki GSX-R1000, he qualified with a time nearly five seconds faster than "Mamute", his closest team mate, and just 0.3 seconds behind Tamburro. Unfortunately, though, race day turn to a disappointment as Barbosa, due to a mechanical failure on his Suzuki, was unable to complete the first lap of the event.

RACE & ACCIDENT

The fifth round of the 2020 calendar, yet another race in Interlagos, took place on Sunday, 08 November. Barbosa again qualified significantly faster than his team mates - this time putting five and a half seconds between Nunes and himself. The gap to Tamburro in the starting grid, though, grew this time to almost a second, as Barbosa recorded a fastest qualifying lap of 1min38.908s. The race, started at 13h30, was another story altogether, as Barbosa proved to be quite a force that Tamburro had to reckon with. Although Barbosa and his private Suzuki certainly could not match Granado and his works Honda, he was able to pass his former team mate, and the two put together a heated battle for second place.

On the second of the twelve laps of the race Granado had already opened a significantly gap over the rest of the field. Barbosa took the Mergulho turn some three motorcycle lengths ahead of Tamburro, but at the Curva da Junção the Suzuki highsided. Barbosa was thrown off the seat, but managed to hold to the right side of the tank while he hung off on the left side of the motorcycle, with his feet toughing the ground. He managed to climb back on the seat, but by then the motorcycle continued at high speed over the grass. Barbosa grabbed the handlebar and attempted to steer the Suzuki between the concrete barriers that close the old Junção lay-out, connecting it to the Interlagos outer ring which fell into disuse since 1989. Unfortunately he was not able to do so, and Barbosa's motorcycle hit one of the was at considerable speed. The Suzuki decelerated suddenly, with the rider crashing against the handlebar and the concrete barrier. The race was immediately red flagged. Barbosa was reached by rescuers about a minute later, but it was confirmed that he lost his life one the spot. All following proceedings of the program were canceled.

Matheus Barbosa at the time occupied the fourth position of the Brazilian SuperBike Championship classification table. He was twenty-three years old. Barbosa's death was the first since SuperBike Brasil introduced a series of measures for safety improvement the prior year.

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Sérgio dos Santos, 48, died at São Paulo hospital after crashing on the Interlagos racetrack. The accident occurred on Sunday, 23 July 2017, during the fourth of eight rounds of the Brazilian Superbike Championship.

The penultimate event of the meeting was the 12-lap Categoria SuperBike Escola race. Sérgio dos Santos had set the ninth qualifyng time, riding his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R #48. With only four laps to go, on the approach to the Curva do Sol, he lost control of his bike which crossed diagonally the run-off area and crashed at high speed into the tyre barrier, landing on top of him.

The injured rider was treated at the medical center of the circuit and was still conscious while being transferred to the Hospital São Luiz, in Morumbi, a district of the city of São Paulo. Sadly he died during surgery.

Immediately after the accident, the direction stopped the race with a red-flag and the final classification was taken from the seventh lap. At the time of the crash, Sérgio dos Santos was running in fourth position, which ended up being his final place. Rodrigo Tamani was the winner of the race.

A native of Varginha, in sothern Minas Gerais, Sérgio dos Santos was survived by his wife and their two daughters. He was buried at the Cemitério Campal in his hometown Varginha.

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Guadalajara, Mexico: On Monday night, a man and his daughter were hit by a Macro Calzada truck that they crossed imprudently in the Morelos neighborhood of Guadalajara.

The accident occurred on Gobernador Curiel Avenue at the intersection with Pelícano Street.

The Macro was moving regularly in its restricted lane, while traffic moved slowly in the normal lanes.

The now deceased was with his daughter, who was about 12 years old. He had just picked her up from a nearby school. However, they crossed the road outside the pedestrian zone and into traffic, right in front of a garbage truck. When they reached the exclusive lane, they did not see the vehicle and were hit.

The public transport driver was unable to do anything to avoid the impact, although he managed to stop the truck so as not to run over the people.

The man hit his head hard against the windshield and then against the asphalt, dying almost instantly. The girl was also hit, but her backpack helped cushion the blow.

Police from Guadalajara arrived shortly after and helped the minor, while requesting the presence of municipal medical services and traffic police.

The MacroCalzada driver was placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Source: https://jaliscorojo.com/2024/12/03/video-se-le-atraviesa-al-macro-y-muere-atropellado/

Santander de Quilichao, Colombia :Ana Cecilia Vásquez Gómez, 65 years old, was identified as the teacher who died after being hit by a motorcyclist in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, Cauca.

The tragic accident occurred on the afternoon of Sunday, December 1, when the woman was crossing the street and at that moment a motorcyclist hit her and, as a result of the force of this collision, threw her onto a pole, which caused her death.

"Unfortunately, the woman did not survive and died on the spot, while the motorcyclist ended up lying on the street, and was later taken to the hospital. We were able to confirm that the latter is a delivery man, who apparently did not see the woman when she was traveling on Carrera 11 and Calle Séptima, and possibly did not manage to maneuver because she was going at high speed," said witnesses of the accident.

Later, when the authorities began to verify the case, they confirmed that the victim was a retired physical educator from the University of Caldas who would have turned 66 years old on December 13.

"She was single and was in charge of taking care of her mother, who is 98 years old, an excellent daughter, sister, and an exceptional aunt, so it was painful to find out how she died," said her loved ones when they said that this Wednesday, December 4, they will bid Ana Cecilia Vásquez Gómez a final farewell.

Following this tragic accident, some journalists from this municipality asked local authorities to increase controls to prevent drivers of cars and motorcyclists from causing this kind of tragedies by not complying with traffic regulations, including not exceeding the speed limits allowed in urban areas.

"The town is in total disarray, you don't see any controls being carried out on so many motorcyclists here, everyone is driving like crazy and look at the results, the poor lady got the worst of it from someone who possibly didn't measure the consequences of driving at full speed," said Alejandro Hernández, a journalist from Quilichagua.

Source: https://www.elpais.com.co/judicial/ana-cecilia-vasquez-gomez-la-profesora-que-murio-tras-ser-embestida-por-un-motociclista-en-santander-de-quilichao-0305.html