A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early has killed 38 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 have 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 on Saturday afternoon that every one victims had been faraway from the location and an investigation would decide the reason for the accident. Witnesses informed rescue groups that the bus blew a tyre, inflicting the motive force to lose management and collide with a truck. Others stated {that a} granite block hit the bus, the hearth division added.
A automobile with three passengers additionally collided with the bus, however all three survived.
Gov. Romeu Zema wrote on X that he ordered “full mobilisation” 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 probably the most humane manner attainable, particularly because it comes simply earlier than Christmas,” Zema stated.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated in an announcement on Saturday that federal officers have been at Minas Gerais state disposal. “I deeply remorse and ship my prayers to the households of the greater than 30 fatalities from the accident in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais. I pray for the restoration of the survivors of this horrible tragedy,” Lula stated.
In 2024, greater than 10,000 individuals died in site visitors accidents in Brazil, in response to the Ministry of Transportation.
In September, a bus carrying a soccer staff 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 have been set to play within the nation’s American soccer championship. The sport was cancelled following the lethal accident.
