Passenger bus collides with truck close to city of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, hearth officers say.
A minimum of 32 individuals 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, stated “between 32 and 35 individuals” had been killed.
It stated earlier that 13 individuals had been taken to hospitals close to the town of Teofilo Otoni.
The bus had reportedly departed from Sao Paulo and was carrying 45 passengers.
Authorities stated the bus blew a tyre, inflicting the driving force to lose management and collide with the truck. A automobile additionally collided with the bus, however all three of its passengers survived, based on the hearth division.
All victims have been faraway from the positioning, and an investigation is being carried out to find out the reason for the accident, authorities stated.
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 essentially the most humane approach attainable, particularly because it comes simply earlier than Christmas,” Zema stated.
In keeping with Globo, a Brazilian media outlet, the truck driver fled the scene and is being sought by police.
In keeping with 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 individuals died in site visitors accidents in Brazil, based on the Ministry of Transportation.
In September, a bus carrying the Coritiba Crocodiles soccer staff flipped on a highway and killed three individuals.
The staff from the southern metropolis of Curitiba was headed to a recreation in Rio de Janeiro, which was cancelled after the accident.
