SAO PAULO: At the least 38 folks had been killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday (Dec 21), officers stated, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva referred to as a “horrible tragedy”.
The accident in Minas Gerais state, involving a bus that caught fireplace within the collision, is the worst seen on Brazil’s federal highways since 2007, in keeping with police knowledge cited by native media.
Of their newest report, civil police confirmed 38 fatalities with eight folks hospitalized.
Conflicting accounts of the accident have emerged: firefighters initially stated the bus at round 3:30 am native time had blown a tire close to the city of Lajinha, inflicting the driving force to lose management of the car and hit a truck. One other car additionally hit the bus from behind, officers stated, however its occupants survived.
Nonetheless, firefighters later cited witnesses as saying {that a} granite block being transported by the truck fell onto the bus, inflicting the accident.
