A bus that transported university students and a truck collided on the highway in the southeast BrazilKilling 12 passengers and injured 21 people, the authorities said on Friday.
A truck driver who was also injured, tried to leave the place wreckage At the end of Thursday night, on the highway near the city of Riberao Panto, in the state of Sana, he was caught and hospitalized, the authorities said. He was later charged with trying to leave the scene, involuntary murder and bodily harm.
All the dead were students at the University of Franks, officials said. The victims were taken to hospital in the region, but most were released. One of the injuries suffered from a “traumatic injury” and three more were hospitalized and are in a stable condition, AFP reports.
Local television stations broadcast images from the crash scene, showing the bus, the left side is completely destroyed when collision.
The governor of Tarcisio de Freitas announced three days of official mourning in the state of San -Paul, where the accident occurred.
“We wake up to the sad news about this tragedy, which killed 12 students in a terrible accident involving bus and truck,” – Freitas wrote on social networksAdding, “They saw their dreams shrinking.”
University said in A statement on social networks This provided “support and psychological assistance to its academic community and anyone who directly touched on what supported this difficult time.”
In 2024, more than 10,000 people were killed in the traffic accidents in Brazil, the Ministry of Transport reports.
In December, another accident between the passenger bus and the truck 38 people were killed On the highway in Minas Hero.
Last September, a bus carried by Coritiba Crocodiles's football team rolled over the road with three people. The bus was traveling from the southern city of Curitiba to the Rio -Dera game, where the team was supposed to play in the national football championship of the country. The game was canceled after the death accident.