12 students killed when a bus, a truck collided in Brazil; Truck driver arrested trying to escape from the scene, the authorities say
A bus that transported university universities and a truck collided on the southeast highway BrazilKilling 12 passengers and injuring 21 others, the authorities said on Friday.
The truck driver, who was also injured, tried to escape at the scene crash Late on Thursday night on a highway near the town of Ribaii Preno, in the state of Sao Paulo, but he was caught and hospitalized, authorities said. He was later charged with trying to win from the scene, inadvertent murder and physical injury.
All dead were students from the University of Franco, the officials said. The injured were taken to hospitals in the region, but most were released. One of the injured suffers from “cranial trauma” and three people are hospitalized and are in a stable condition, the AFP news agency reported.
Local television stations have emitted images from the collision scene displaying the bus, and the left side was completely destroyed in the collision.
The government of Tarcíio de Freitas declared three days of official mourning in the state of Sao Paulo, where the accident occurred.
“We wake up to sad news of this tragedy in which 12 students attended by a bus and a truck”, “in a terrible accident,” ” Freitas wrote on social networksAdding, “They saw their dreams interrupted.”
The university said ua Social Media Statement He provided “Support and psychological assistance to his academic community and anyone who is directly affected by support at this difficult moment.”
In 2024, more than 10,000 people died in traffic accidents in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Transport.
In December, another collision between a passenger bus and a truck 38 people killed on the Minas Gerais highway.
Last September, a bus carried by a football team of Coritiba Crocoditles threw himself on the road, killing three people. The bus traveled from the southern town of Curitib to a match in Rio de Janeiro, where the team was supposed to play in the US football championship in the country. The game was canceled after a deadly accident.
