Bus-truck collision kills 10, injures 26 in S Brazil
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At least 10 people were killed and 26 others injured when a bus in which they were traveling hit a goods truck in southeastern Brazil state of Minas Gerais early Sunday morning, police said.
The crash took place around 3 a.m. local time at 220 km of Federal Highway BR-116 within the jurisdiction of the town of Catuji, some 540 km from state capital Belo Horizonte.
The driver of the bus belonging to a firm called Itapemirim, traveling from the city of Salvador to Rio with 38 aboard, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a truck carrying apples, police said.
Nine people died on the scene and one more person died in hospital. Rescuers carried a further 26 people to hospitals in the cities of Santa Rosalia and Teofilo Otoni, eight of whom were released soon, including the bus driver.
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