Thor gives release to crash

 

Rio de Janeiro. On Sunday night, Thor Batista said on Twitter that the trampling of the mason's helper Wanderson Pereira dos Santos, 30, was due to the carelessness of the victim.

He reported that he drove the vehicle towards Rio Washington Luis highway (BR-040) within the speed limit, after being in a lunch with friends in the district of Itaipava in Petropolis, mountain region. Near the crash site at the time of Duque de Caxias, in the Lowlands, due to lack of lighting, he moved the car's headlights at most.

The eldest son of Mr. Batista said he knew this stretch was common for cyclists to cross. "About six times within a year, was aware that cyclists often cross the dual carriageway of the motorway," he said.

But suddenly, according to Batista's helper Mason crossed the highway. "I remember that Wanderson pushing the bike with your left foot on the floor. Sitting, however, the seat of the bicycle. Braking brought the car to 100km / h to 90 km / h, until the moment of collision only, unfortunately."

Have the lawyer Cléber Rumbelsperger Carvalho, who represents the family of the cyclist said yesterday that witnesses confirm seeing Silva traveling on the shoulder moments before he was hit by Thor.

Rumbelsperger says that locals claim that Thor tried to cut off a bus when the vehicle lost control and struck Smith on the shoulder. An ambulance Concer, a company that manages the road, was thrown by the young, but the victim failed to resist injury.

In a statement issued on Sunday, a spokesperson for the EBX group of Eike, said that the cyclist had "inadvertently crossed" the highway and drove Thor in speed limit (110 km / h).

Yesterday morning, Batista returned to defend his son on Twitter. The businessman said "the rider's carelessness could have caused three deaths."

Thor drove a silver Mercedes SLR McLaren, registered in the name of the father. The case was reported in Precinct 61, in Duque de Caxias, in the Lowlands.