Seven individuals died in a bus crash on a freeway within the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais within the early hours of Sunday, stated the state’s navy fireplace brigade.
The bus was carrying followers of soccer staff Corinthians, after they attended a match in opposition to Cruzeiro within the Minas Gerais capital, Belo Horizonte.
Passengers stated that 43 individuals had been within the automobile, which misplaced its brakes at round 2:50 a.m., hit a ravine and flipped over, in response to firefighters.
The fireplace division stated 36 individuals had been injured, 27 of them had been taken to hospitals and one was in a severe however non-life-threatening situation.
Corinthians regretted the accident and expressed its solidarity with the households of the victims. Several different Brazilian soccer golf equipment additionally expressed their condolences.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who’s a Corinthians fan, supplied his condolences to the household and mates of the victims.
“I hope for the recovery of the injured and an investigation into the causes of the accident. We need peace and vehicles in good conditions on the roads, because there is no way to recover lives lost,” stated Lula in a put up on social media.
