Source: China News Network
Sao Paulo, November 14 (China News Service) According to Brazilian media reports, on the morning of the 13th local time, a tourist bus overturning accident occurred in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, causing at least 6 deaths and 48 injuries. Two others are missing.
Brazil Global Network reported on the 13th that the accident site was located 75 kilometers from the Oswaldo Cruz highway in Sao Paulo State. At about 6:30 a.m. that morning, a tourist bus carrying 66 people rolled over while passing through the section, killing at least six people and injuring 48 others. In addition, two others are missing. The 8-year-old daughter of the 44-year-old bus driver was killed in the accident.
After the accident, the local fire department sent helicopters and 11 ambulances to the scene to participate in the rescue, and firefighters quickly sent the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment.
According to the report, the bus was driving from São Paulo, the capital of São Paulo State, to Paraty, a tourist city in rio de Janeiro, when the bus illegally drove into a mountainous section where buses and trucks were prohibited, and after being stopped by the police, it turned around and turned back.
The Brazilian Global Network quoted a passenger as saying that after the bus turned back and drove back for 10 minutes, the driver entered a corner when trying to avoid a reverse vehicle on the opposite side, causing the bus to lose control and overturn in the road.
Brazil's federal highway police said the specific cause of the bus rollover accident is still under investigation. (End)