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Brazil bus accident kills 17
SAO PAULO, June 10, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A bus carrying 40 people crashed into
several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night,
according to firefighters and local media.
The fire brigade in the Campos de Jordao area, about 180 kilometers (110
miles) from Sao Paulo, confirmed to AFP that the accident was caused when a
bus overturned, hitting other vehicles.
Media reported at least 17 deaths and a video shot by a witness shows a car
involved in the accident turned into a tangled mass of scrap metal.
About 41,000 people died on Brazil’s roads in 2016, according to estimates
in the World Health Organization’s 2018 global road safety report.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1353 hrs