33 dead in Brazil bus crash

Sunday 04 December 2011 10:26 GMT

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Brazilian authorities say a tractor-trailor has crashed into a bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 others.

A police spokesman said the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner and heading down a hill early yesterday near a town called Miracles in the northeastern state of Bahia. The truck was carrying a load of construction materials, which also slammed into the bus.

The driver of the truck survived and is in a local hospital. Some of the others injured are in grave condition.

The police spokesman said an investigation is ongoing.

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