Minas Gerais road crash: Difference between revisions

Initial reporting by firefighters claimed that a passenger bus traveling on the BR-116 highway from São Paulo to [[Bahia]]{{efn|Divergent domestic sources suggested that the planned destination of the bus was either [[Vitória da Conquista]] or [[Elísio Medrado]].<ref name=uol /><ref name="BBC" />}} had a [[blowout (tire)|tire blowout]], causing it to lose control and collide with an oncoming [[Road train#B-double|B-double]] truck at around 4 a.m. local time.<ref name="PessoaAP" /><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last= |first= |title=More than 30 dead in Brazil bus and truck collision |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |location= |pages= |language= |publisher= |date=21 December 2024 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/more-than-20-dead-bus-truck-collision-brazil-2024-12-21/ |access-date= }}</ref> However, according to the [[Federal Highway Police (Brazil)|Federal Highway Police]], the collision likely occurred when a granite block fell from the truck and hit the bus, which consequently lost control and caught fire.<ref name="Globo">{{Cite web |url=https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/fantastico/noticia/2024/12/22/sobreviventes-do-acidente-na-br-116-em-mg-dao-relato-exclusivo.ghtml |title=Exclusivo: sobreviventes do acidente na BR-116 dizem que pneu do ônibus estourou |trans-title=Exclusive: survivors of the accident on BR-116 say that the bus tire burst |date=22 December 2024 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br }}</ref> Afterward, a [[Fiat Argo]] car collided with the back of the truck. Its occupants were trapped underneath the vehicle, but survived.<ref name="Reuters" /> They also reported the bus had a right-rear tire burst.<ref name="Globo" /> A survivor on the bus said the vehicle that originally left [[São Paulo]] was replaced en route by the one that ended up crashing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sobrevivente do acidente em MG relata medo com a volta: 'Tô em pânico'|language=pt-br|trans-title=Survivor of accident in MG reports fear of returning: 'I'm in panic' |date=24 December 2024|website=[[Universo Online|UOL]]|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2024/12/24/sobrevivente-do-acidente-em-mg-relata-medo-com-a-volta-to-em-panico.amp.htm}}</ref> The bodies of most of the fatalities were found to be charred.<ref name=uol>{{Cite news |date=21 December 2024 |title=O que sabemos sobre as causas do grave acidente com mais de 30 mortos em MG |trans-title=What we know about the causes of the serious accident with more than 30 deaths in MG |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sudeste/mg/o-que-sabemos-sobre-as-causas-do-grave-acidente-com-mortos-em-mg/ |work=[[CNN Brasil]] |language=pt-br }}</ref>

 

 

==Aftermath==