A 20-year-old boy died in an accident on Wednesday afternoon on PE-061, at the entrance to Barra de Sirinhaém, in the municipality of Sirinhaém, in Mata Sul de Pernambuco.

Wendel de Oliveira Silva was riding a motorcycle when the accident occurred, the causes of which are being investigated by the Civil Police.

When the police arrived at the scene of the accident, the victim's motorcycle was missing and two other people had been taken to the local hospital.

Wendel de Oliveira's body was sent to the Palmares Institute of Legal Medicine (IML).