Further 13 people taken to hospital after vehicle crashed into lorry then burst into flames
Photograph: Minas Gerais fire department/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Minas Gerais fire department/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least 22 people have been killed in a “tragic” traffic collision between a bus and truck in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the Associated Press reported, citing fire department officials who attended the scene.Authorities said the bus, which reportedly left São Paulo carrying 45 passengers, blew a tyre, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a lorry.
Pictures emerging from the scene showed a truck on top of a crushed car – its giant wheel embedded in the smaller vehicle’s roof – with Minas Gerais fire department saying the collision occurred on highway BR-116. Uniformed workers were pictured at the scene, with more victims of the crash still being removed, one official told AP. A firefighter said a crane was needed to access parts of the bus with more expected victims.that he had ordered a “full mobilisation” to “assist victims and support their families in the tragic accident on BR-116, in Teófilo Otoni.”
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