Sao Paulo, Brazil
AP
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A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 30 folks 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 have 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 each one victims had been faraway from the location and an investigation would decide the reason for the accident. Witnesses instructed rescue groups that the bus blew a tire, inflicting the driving force to lose management and collide with a truck. Others stated {that a} granite block hit the bus, the hearth 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 are working to make sure that households of the victims are supported to face this tragedy in probably the most humane approach attainable, particularly because it comes simply earlier than Christmas,” Zema stated.
In 2024, greater than 10,000 folks died in visitors accidents in Brazil, in accordance with the Ministry of Transportation.
In September, a bus carrying a soccer workforce flipped on a street and killed three folks. The Coritiba Crocodiles, a workforce from the southern Brazilian metropolis of Curitiba, was headed to a sport in Rio de Janeiro, the place they have been set to play within the nation’s American soccer championship. The sport was canceled following the lethal accident.
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