At least 38 killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 38 people have been killed in a “tragic” traffic collision between a bus and truck in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the Associated Press reported, citing fire department officials who attended the scene. The death toll had initially been put at 22.

A further 13 people were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni.

Authorities said the bus, which reportedly left Sao Paulo carrying 45 passengers, blew a tyre, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a lorry. Another car then collided with the bus, but all three of its passengers survived, the fire department said. Reuters said the crash, which occurred at about 4.00 am, resulted in the bus bursting into flames.

Pictures emerging from the scene showed a truck on top of a crushed car – its giant wheel embedded in the smaller vehicle’s roof – with Minas Gerais fire department saying the collision occurred on highway BR-116. The photos showed the road strewn with twisted and scorched metal, patterned bus seats ripped from their moorings, and passenger blankets tangled in the wreckage. (The Guardian)

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