A speeding driver crashed violently into a toll station, flipping his car and bringing down part of the roof.
Shocking CCTV footage shows the vehicle travelling at high speed before smashing into a concrete barrier.
It was launched into an overhead support beam, causing part of the canopy to collapse and sending a cloud of dust into the air.
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Other motorists waiting at the toll booths could be seen reversing to avoid the falling debris after the crash on the morning of 26 July.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene on the SP-340 highway in Campinas, Brazil.
The driver, 24, who was travelling alone, was rescued and taken to hospital in Jaguariúna but tragically died from his injuries.
The collapsing concrete structure also struck two other vehicles carrying seven people. None of them was seriously injured.
By the following morning (27 July), three northbound toll booths had reopened, while four others remained closed because of the crash.
Police in Campinas registered the case as causing death by careless driving, as reported by Need To Know.
The São Paulo Public Security Secretariat said: “A man died after losing control of his car, overturning and crashing into a support column holding up the roof of a toll station on the Governor Dr Adhemar Pereira de Barros Highway (SP-340) in Campinas on Sunday (26 July) morning.
“Highway police attended the scene and found the driver unconscious.
“Rescue crews from the company that operates the highway treated him before taking him to Jaguariúna Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
“According to the police report, the car had been weaving through traffic before striking the traffic island separating the lanes.
“It then overturned and slammed into one of the roof’s support columns, causing part of the toll station’s canopy to collapse.
“Debris from the roof fell onto two other vehicles that were stopped at the toll booths.
“Although both vehicles were damaged, none of their occupants were injured.
“Forensic investigators were called to the scene, and the case was registered as causing death by careless driving at Campinas’ 4th Police District.”
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