Bus crash in Brazil: at least 21 people died and 36 were injured

At least 21 people died and 36 were injured this Monday after a bus overturned in a southern brazil road. This happened early in the morning, when the vehicle overturned at the height of the municipality of Paraná de Guaratuba, for reasons still unknown. Two helicopters and several ambulances took part in the rescue operations, as well as personnel from the concession company which manages this section of road.

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At the time of the accident, 57 tourists were traveling on the bus. It occurred on a sharp curve at kilometer 668 of the BR-376 national road, in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Guaratuba, 131 kilometers from Curitiba, the regional capital. As a result, 21 people died, seven are in serious condition, four sustained moderate injuries and 19 minor injuries. According to the Federal Roads Police (PRF), the driver was not injured and was taken to testify at a police station in the region.

According to initial information, the bus, with registration from Pará, he left the road and fell on the side of the road. He was going to Sao José, in the state of Santa Catarina. Apparently no other vehicle was involved.

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Firefighters and the Military Police Air Operations Battalion (BPMOA) participated in the rescue operation. The victims were transferred by helicopter to hospitals in Curitiba and Joinville (SC). The bodies of the victims have been sent to the Curitiba Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML), from where they are to be airlifted to the Amazon.

The authorities pointed out that the vehicle was a few meters from the side of the road. If he had completely collapsed on the bed of a nearby river, “the death toll would have been greater.”

The governor of Pará Helder Barbalho He said on Twitter that he received the news “with great sadness” and said he had asked the security secretary to contact those responsible for the rescue operations at the scene of the accident, to identify the victims and to provide the necessary support.

This is the second accident in Brazil in the past two days. Sunday, the president and four footballers of Palmas Fútbol y Regatas, a club of the fourth division of the Brazilian championship located in the capital of the state of Tocantins, They died after the crash of the plane that transported them to Goiania for a match dispute.

According to information from Globe Sports, Sunday’s accident occurred when the private plane tried to take off and fell at the end of the runway of the Tocantinense Aviation Association of the city of Palmas for reasons still unknown.