SAO PAULO (AP) — A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 37 individuals on a freeway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officers stated.
The Minas Gerais hearth division, which responded to the scene, stated 13 others had been taken to hospitals close to town of Teofilo Otoni. The bus had reportedly departed from Sao Paulo and was carrying 45 passengers.
Authorities stated Saturday afternoon that every one victims had been faraway from the positioning and an investigation would decide the reason for the accident. Witnesses informed rescue groups that the bus blew a tire, inflicting the motive force to lose management and collide with a truck. Others stated {that a} granite block hit the bus, the fireplace division added.
A automotive with three passengers additionally collided with the bus, however all three survived.
Gov. Romeu Zema wrote on X that he ordered “full mobilization” of the Minas Gerais authorities to help the victims.
“We’re working to make sure that households of the victims are supported to face this tragedy in essentially the most humane method attainable, particularly because it comes simply earlier than Christmas,” Zema stated.
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In 2024, greater than 10,000 individuals died in visitors accidents in Brazil, in keeping with the Ministry of Transportation.
In September, a bus carrying a football team flipped on a street and killed three individuals. The Coritiba Crocodiles, a staff from the southern Brazilian metropolis of Curitiba, was headed to a recreation in Rio de Janeiro, the place they had been set to play within the nation’s American soccer championship. The sport was canceled following the lethal accident.
