Brazil bus fell off highway bridge and killed 14 people
Xinhua News Agency, Rio de Janeiro, December 4 (Reporter Zhao Yan and Chen Weihua) According to the Brazilian fire department's report on the 4th, a bus fell from a road bridge in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais that day, killing at least 14 people. 26 people were injured.
The Brazilian fire department said that in the afternoon, a bus lost control on a 15-meter-high highway bridge in Minas Gerais and fell from the bridge, killing 11 people on board and sending another 3 people to it. Died en route to the hospital.
Three of the injured are in critical condition and will be sent to a hospital in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state, for rescue.
The Brazilian Federal Highway Police stated that the bus driver jumped from the car and fled when the accident occurred. The accident may be caused by a brake failure.
Currently, the specific cause of the accident is under investigation.