Sao Paulo: A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night, according to firefighters and local media. The fire brigade in the Campos de Jordao area, about 180 kms from Sao Paulo, confirmed to AFP that the accident was caused when a bus overturned, hitting other vehicles.Media reported at least 17 deaths and a video shot by a witness shows a car involved in the accident turned into a tangled mass of scrap metal.About 41,000 people died on Brazil’s roads in 2016, according to estimates in the World Health Organisation’s 2018 global road safety report.
Brazil bus crash kills 17
A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night, according to firefighters and local media.
FPJ BureauUpdated: Monday, June 10, 2019, 09:08 PM IST
Indian rescue workers examine a bus that rammed into two cars parked on the roadside after a breakdown on the Mumbai-Pune expressway near Shedung Panvel, in an accident that left 17 people dead and 28 injured, on June 5, 2016.
India's transport ministry admitted June 7 it has so far failed to improve road safety but said it was pushing for stricter laws, as new figures revealed 17 people die in traffic accidents every hour. Transport minister Nitin Gadkari acknowledged an urgent need to improve road infrastructure as the numbers showed traffic accidents were one of the single biggest causes of death in India.
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