Tourist Bus Crashes in Brazil, Killing 25

Tourist Bus Crashes in Brazil, Killing 25
Police stand guard as traffic remains at a standstill on Avenida das Americas, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in western Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 23, 2023, after suspected paramilitary militia members torched 35 buses. (Tercio Teixeira/AFP via Getty Images)
Reuters
1/8/2024
Updated:
1/8/2024
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RIO DE JANEIRO—At least 25 people are dead and six injured after a minibus carrying tourists from a coastal trip collided with a truck in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, local authorities said on Monday.

The crash happened overnight on a federal road between cities of Nova Fatima and Gaviao in inland Bahia, the state’s local fire department outpost said in a statement.

The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, it added.

Most of the victims were in the minibus, Bahia civil police said, noting that the cause of the accident is under investigation.