Horror bus crash leaves at least 25 dead after vehicle carrying tourists collided with lorry in Brazil
- The nationalities of those killed and cause of the accident are still unknown
At least 25 people have been killed after a tourist bus suffered a sickening collision with a lorry in northeastern Brazil[3] last night.
Five people were also injured in the accident Sunday night, according to Brazilian press reports, which also published images of the twisted wreckage of the truck.
The horrific smash happened around 11.30pm local time yesterday on the BR-324 road near to the municipality of Gaviao in the north-east Brazilian state of Bahia.
The nationalities of those killed and the cause of the accident are still unknown. The bodies of the victims have been handed over to police for identification, firefighters said.
A huge disaster team comprising members of the Fire Brigade of Capela, first responders from the Nova Fátima hospital, military firefighters, military police and highway police deployed to the scene of the crash to rescue survivors.
All three people in the lorry died and 22 people on the coach lost their lives.
Eight men and 17 women, one of whom was pregnant, were killed.
Earlier reports put the death toll at 24, until one of the coach passengers later succumbed to their injuries.
Team called to a serious accident involving multiple victims, a truck and minibus collision on Br 324, near Gavião
At least 25 people have been killed after a tourist bus suffered a sickening collision with a lorry in northeastern Brazil last night.
The survivors were taken to four separate hospitals with injuries of varying degrees of severity
The survivors were taken to four separate hospitals with injuries of varying degrees of severity.
The coach was travelling from Guarajuba to Jacobina when the brutal collision occurred, while the lorry was shipping mangoes.
A video, recorded during the night, showed the truck surrounded by blue boxes filled with mangoes and scattered on the ground. Several firefighters could be seen working at the scene.
The mayor's office of Jacobina, a city close to the accident, declared three days of official mourning on Monday and is preparing a 'collective wake' for the victims.
'The prefecture expresses its sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims in this moment of unprecedented sadness and pain,' it said in a note posted on Instagram.
It is the latest crash involving a bus and multiple fatalities in Brazil. Last August seven fans of Sao Paulo-based Corinthians were killed on a highway in the southeast of the country after attending a match of their team against Cruzeiro in Belo Horizonte.
And at least 10 people were killed and two dozen injured in March 2022 when a bus carrying a group of workers plunged off a highway in southern Brazil.