Moment tanker truck slams into car at Brazil intersection before striking bus in devastating fireball chain reaction

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  • A male taxi driver was killed during a three-vehicle accident in Brazil on Tuesday 
  • Surveillance video shows a truck driver slamming into a car at road intersection in the southern city of Curitiba 
  • The tanker truck steered the car into a bus, which burst into flames upon impact 
  • The driver of the bus, which was not carrying any passengers, was able to escape unharmed; the truck driver did not suffer any injuries A taxi driver was killed in southern Brazil on Tuesday after a truck driver slammed into his car and dragged it straight into a bus which then exploded in flames.

    The frightening incident was captured by a surveillance camera located near the intersection of highway PR-423 in Curitiba, Paraná.

    The male victim, who has not been named by authorities and local media outlets, appeared not to have yielded to traffic as he approached the intersecting lane when the tanker truck barreled into his car. A surveillance camera posted near a highway intersection in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba captured the moment a tanker truck smashed into a taxi and killed its driver Tuesday. The car was dragged down the road and hit the side of a bus before it exploded in flames. The truck and bus drivers were not harmed

    A surveillance camera posted near a highway intersection in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba captured the moment a tanker truck smashed into a taxi and killed its driver Tuesday. The car was dragged down the road and hit the side of a bus before it exploded in flames. The truck and bus drivers were not harmed

    A bus, which was not carrying any passengers, bursts in flames after it was struck on the left side by a car that was being dragged down the road following an accident with a truck

    A bus, which was not carrying any passengers, bursts in flames after it was struck on the left side by a car that was being dragged down the road following an accident with a truckThe taxi was subsequently dragged down the road and struck the side of a bus which was traveling in the opposite lane.

    The bus, which was not carrying any passengers, immediately caught fire and came to a full stop in the middle of the highway.

    The local fire department told local media that the driver of the bus was able to escape unharmed before it completely burned down.

    The driver of the truck, which was carrying an unknown flammable material, did not suffer any injuries.

    Still image from a video recorded by security camera on highway PR-423 in Curitiba, a city in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, shows the tanker truck dragging a taxi directly into a bus on the opposite lane before the bus exploded. The taxi drive - a male - died in the accident

    Still image from a video recorded by security camera on highway PR-423 in Curitiba, a city in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, shows the tanker truck dragging a taxi directly into a bus on the opposite lane before the bus exploded. The taxi drive - a male - died in the accident

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