Brazilian Police Say at Least 23 Killed in Minibus and Truck Crash
Authorities said the truck crossed into oncoming traffic, and the victims included patients, relatives and health workers.
- A head-on collision between a minibus and a truck near Ipiranga, Parana state, killed at least 23 people early Wednesday, with the bus carrying patients and healthcare workers toward Curitiba.
- Preliminary evidence suggests the truck, carrying no cargo, crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with the minibus; authorities confirmed both vehicles were traveling in opposite directions.
- The death toll included 21 adults and two children; most victims were passengers on the bus, which belonged to the Imbituva health department transporting patients to medical centers.
- Images from Globo showed the crushed minibus and debris strewn across the roadside as emergency teams worked for hours at the site while the highway remained closed.
- Fatal traffic accidents are common in Brazil; recent incidents include a crash in Rio de Janeiro involving a bus that killed eight people, underscoring persistent road safety challenges.
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Most of the deceased were travelling in a minibus of the Ministry of Health of the municipality of Imbituva, Paraná, which transported patients to hospitals in various places.
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = 23 people died in a collision between a bus and a truck transporting patients in southern Brazil early on the 19th (local time).
23 Killed, Five Injured After Minibus and Truck Collide Head-On in Brazil’s Parana, Police Say
A devastating road crash in southern Brazil's Parana state killed at least 23 people and left five others injured early Wednesday after a minibus carrying healthcare workers, patients and relatives collided head-on with a truck, police said. The crash happened around
At least 23 people were killed Wednesday when a minibus collided with a truck on the BR-373 highway in the Brazilian state of Paraná. According to local media, the minibus belonged to a health institution from the nearby city of Imbituva and was transporting patients and their relatives.
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