A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early Saturday in Brazil, killing greater than 30 individuals, the Fireplace Division stated.
After eradicating all of the victims from a significant freeway close to the city of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state’s Fireplace Division reported that of the 45 individuals on the bus, 38, together with the bus driver, had been confirmed lifeless.
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The opposite passengers remained in essential situation after being transported to a neighborhood hospital.
The truck driver fled the scene, and three occupants of a automobile that collided with the truck and have become trapped beneath survived the accident, stated the hearth division.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva acknowledged on social media that the federal government was prepared to supply no matter help was wanted, and that the Federal Freeway Coverage was on the web site.
A map of Brazil. (Encyclopedia Britannica/Common Pictures Group by way of Getty Pictures)
“I deeply mourn and lengthen my prayers to the households of the greater than 30 victims of the accident in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais. I pray for the restoration of the survivors of this horrible tragedy,” he posted on X.
A forensic investigation will likely be required to find out the accident’s trigger, as differing accounts have been gathered from witness testimony, stated the native Fireplace Division.
Initially, firefighters reported the bus had a tire blowout, inflicting the motive force to lose management earlier than colliding at round 4 a.m. native time, with an oncoming truck on the BR-116 federal freeway, a significant route connecting Brazil’s densely populated southeast to the poorer northeast.
Nonetheless, witnesses additionally reported {that a} granite block the truck was transporting got here free, fell on the highway and precipitated the collision with the bus, the Fireplace Division stated.
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“Solely the forensic investigation will affirm the true model,” stated the hearth division in a press release.
The bus departed from Sao Paulo and was headed to the state of Bahia.
