
Accident occurred in the city of Gilbués; a military police officer was injured, but the ballot boxes continued their journey to the polling places.
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The transport of electronic voting machines is a logistical operation carried out by the Electoral Court with the support of security forces.
A truck that was transporting electronic voting machines overturned this Saturday morning (24), in the city of Gilbués, in the south of Piauí. According to the Military Police, the driver and three military police officers were in the car at the time of the accident. One of them was injured.
According to Sergeant Ribeiro, commander of the Military Police Group (GPM) of São Gonçalo do Gurguéia, the accident happened around 9:30 am, when the truck fell into a ravine during the journey.
"This vehicle accompanied the polls in Gilbués and São Gonçalo do Gurguéia. It was carrying the police officers providing security and ended up overturning into an embankment on the road, but the police officers had no serious problems. One was hospitalized, but only under observation, with body pain", explained the sergeant.
The commander also informed that the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) was notified about the accident. Another team of police officers was sent to monitor the ballot boxes
"The TSE soon became aware, together with the competent authorities. They sent a car to help this other vehicle and the polls went ahead with other police officers and are at each voting location", concluded the sergeant.
It is not yet known what caused the truck to overturn. The circumstances of the accident must be investigated.

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