Passenger bus collides with truck close to city of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, fireplace officers say.
At the very least 32 folks have been killed when a passenger bus and a truck collided on a freeway in southeastern Brazil.
The fireplace division in Minas Gerais state, which responded to the crash close to the city of Lajinha early on Saturday, mentioned “between 32 and 35 folks” had been killed.
It mentioned earlier that 13 folks 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 mentioned the bus blew a tyre, inflicting the motive force to lose management and collide with the truck. A automotive additionally collided with the bus, however all three of its passengers survived, in keeping with the fireplace division.
All victims have been faraway from the location, and an investigation is being carried out to find out the reason for the accident, authorities mentioned.
Governor Romeu Zema wrote on X that he ordered “full mobilisation” of the Minas Gerais authorities to help survivors and households of the victims.
“We’re working to make sure that households of the victims are supported to face this tragedy in probably the most humane means potential, particularly because it comes simply earlier than Christmas,” Zema mentioned.
In response to Globo, a Brazilian media outlet, the truck driver fled the scene and is being sought by police.
In response to the Federal Freeway Police, the freeway the place the accident occurred was the deadliest within the nation in 2023 with 559 deaths recorded, Globo reported.
In 2024, greater than 10,000 folks died in site visitors accidents in Brazil, in keeping with the Ministry of Transportation.
In September, a bus carrying the Coritiba Crocodiles soccer group flipped on a highway and killed three folks.
The group from the southern metropolis of Curitiba was headed to a recreation in Rio de Janeiro, which was cancelled after the accident.