32 dead, many injured after bus collides with truck in Brazil
India TodayAt 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 of work, firefighters managed to extinguish the flames and have removed 22 charred bodies of victims who were trapped" inside, the fire department said in a statement earlier on Saturday, as authorities warned that the number could rise. In a video released on Saturday morning, Lieutenant Alonso Vieira Junior, with the Minas Gerais fire department, said a crane would be needed to clear the wreckage, and that "there are still more victims to be removed".