A man died after being run over by a truck on the infamous BR-101 highway in Brazil. The accident happened on the kilometer 792 of the highway near Itamaraju in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

The victim was identified as 35 year old Valdecir Silva Souza. According to the truck driver – 38 year old Nildasio Bandeira Martins Filho – the victim tried to cross the highway and got in the way of the truck. The driver attempted to avoid running the pedestrian over but was unable to bring the truck fully loaded with manganese ore to a halt in time.

The driver also said that because the victim’s family was near, he abandoned the truck out of fear of reprisal and fled to give himself in to the Federal Highway Police where he reported the accident.