At least 18 dead after bus plunges off highway in Brazil and lands on train tracks
4 years ago

At least 18 dead after bus plunges off highway in Brazil and lands on train tracks

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 18 passengers died after a bus crashed off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday, according to police reports. According to state police, there were 45 passengers on board the bus, 26 of whom were sent to nearby hospitals with at least three sustaining life-threatening injuries. Two of the passengers left in critical condition were children, lieutenant Pedro Aihara, spokesperson for the Fire Department of Minas Gerais, told the local press. Recommended Death of Black man beaten by security guards sparks protests in Brazil "The health status of these three shows a very serious health condition.

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At least 30 dead after horror crash between passenger bus and truck in Brazil
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2 days, 2 hours ago

At least 30 dead after horror crash between passenger bus and truck in Brazil

Daily Mail  

At least 30 people have been killed after a crash involving a passenger bus and a truck on a Brazilian highway. Officials in the South American country said the incident happened on the Minas Gerais stretch of road in the southeast of the country on Saturday. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were …

38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
2 days, 5 hours ago

38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni. Romeu Zema wrote on X that he …

At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil
2 days, 19 hours ago

At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil

Al Jazeera  

Passenger bus collides with truck near town of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, fire officials say. At least 32 people have been killed when a passenger bus and a truck collided on a highway in southeastern Brazil. The fire department in Minas Gerais state, which responded to the crash near the town of Lajinha early on Saturday, said …

37 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
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2 days, 19 hours ago

37 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

LA Times  

A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 37 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire department, which responded to the scene, said 13 others were taken to hospitals near the city of Teofilo Otoni. Others said that a granite block hit the bus, the …

32 dead, many injured after bus collides with truck in Brazil
2 days, 19 hours ago

32 dead, many injured after bus collides with truck in Brazil

India Today  

At least 32 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll could still rise. The accident in Minas Gerais state involving a bus that was travelling from S£o Paulo left "between 32 and 35" people dead, a spokeswoman for the local fire department told AFP by phone. "After hours …

Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain
3 weeks ago

Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Many of the victims of a bus crash in Southern France in which two people were killed and dozens of others were injured are citizens of Colombia, officials said Monday. In a statement published on X, Colombia’s foreign affairs ministry said 30 passengers were Colombian citizens living in Spain. Colombia’s ambassador to France, Alfonso Prada, said the …

Seven killed after bus overturns in Jharkhand
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1 month ago

Seven killed after bus overturns in Jharkhand

Deccan Chronicle  

Hazaribag : At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Thursday after a Patna-bound bus with passengers on board overturned in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said. The accident occurred near Gorhar Police Station area, around 50 km away from district headquarters, when the bus overturned while negotiating a sharp bend, a senior officer said. There were about …

At least 21 people killed in bus accident in southern Peru
5 months ago

At least 21 people killed in bus accident in southern Peru

China Daily  

LIMA -- At least 21 people were killed and nearly 20 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the southern Peruvian region of Ayacucho on Tuesday, local authorities said. The interprovincial bus went off the road in the district of Paras, Cangallo province, Ayacucho region, and fell into a ravine about 200 meters deep, said Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head …

Bus crash kills at least 23 people in Peru’s Andes
5 months, 1 week ago

Bus crash kills at least 23 people in Peru’s Andes

Al Jazeera  

More than a dozen injured after bus veered off cliff in south-central Andes region of Ayacucho, interior ministry says. A bus crash in Peru’s Andes mountains has killed at least 23 people and injured more than a dozen others, the country’s interior ministry said, as emergency crews struggled to reach the site of the incident. In a post on social …

Bus accident in Peru leaves at least 16 dead
7 months, 1 week ago

Bus accident in Peru leaves at least 16 dead

New Indian Express  

LIMA, PERU: At least 16 people were killed Tuesday in Peru when a bus rolled off a ledge in the mountainous Ayacucho region, authorities said. Ayacucho official Wiber Vega told reporters that 13 bodies had already been recovered and three more had yet to be retrieved from under the bus. The crash occurred early Tuesday as the bus was traveling …

Rio police release 17 hostages from gunman on a bus, two people wounded
9 months, 1 week ago

Rio police release 17 hostages from gunman on a bus, two people wounded

The Hindu  

Brazilian police said on March 12 they released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus in Rio de Janeiro and wounded at least two people. Rio police said in its social media channels that all hostages aboard a bus parked at one of the city’s main terminals had been freed “after a successful work of negotiation” …

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 16 migrants from …

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. Last week, 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in the neighboring state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala. Mexican authorities …

At least 24 killed in Peru after bus plummets down slope
1 year, 3 months ago

At least 24 killed in Peru after bus plummets down slope

Al Jazeera  

The crash is the latest deadly incident on Peru’s roadways, which have seen an increase in traffic-related fatalities. Manuel Zevallos Pacheco, the mayor of the Anco district, told the news outlet RPP that the bus fell at least 150 metres. #LOÚLTIMO Bus interprovincial de ruta Huancayo – Ayacucho de la empresa Molina Unión sufrió despiste y volcadura cayendo al Río …

Fan deaths in Brazil: Seven die in crash on bus carrying Corinthians fans
1 year, 4 months ago

Fan deaths in Brazil: Seven die in crash on bus carrying Corinthians fans

The Hindu  

Seven people died in a bus crash on a highway in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the early hours of Sunday, said the state’s military fire brigade. The bus was carrying fans of football team Corinthians, after they attended a match against Cruzeiro in the Minas Gerais capital, Belo Horizonte. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is …

Toddler among 29 people dead after bus veers off road and crashes into gully in Mexico
1 year, 5 months ago

Toddler among 29 people dead after bus veers off road and crashes into gully in Mexico

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twenty-nine people, including a …

17 dead, several injured after bus carrying migrants in Mexico overturns
1 year, 10 months ago

17 dead, several injured after bus carrying migrants in Mexico overturns

India Today  

A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia and central America overturned in central Mexico, leaving 17 people dead and several others injured, officials in Puebla state were quoted as saying by news agency Reuters. The accident took place on a highway on Sunday afternoon when the bus with 45 passengers headed north, Puebla's Interior Minister Julio Huerta was quoted as …

Dozens dead as bus plunges off cliff near Peruvian capital Lima
3 years, 3 months ago

Dozens dead as bus plunges off cliff near Peruvian capital Lima

Al Jazeera  

At least two children were among the 32 killed, and 20 others were injured in the accident east of Lima. At least 32 passengers have died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru, officials said, in the country’s third multiple-victim transport accident in four days. The accident happened on …

At least 20 dead in bus accident in Peru
3 years, 8 months ago

At least 20 dead in bus accident in Peru

India TV News  

At least 20 people were killed and 14 others injured in Peru after an interprovincial bus skidded and overturned in Sihuas province in the northern Ancash region, authorities said on Monday. According to the Parobamba district municipality on its Facebook page, the "accident left 18 people dead on the spot, with two more dying while being transferred." The accident occurred …

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