Eight killed in Brazil bus accident

Brazil News.Net
Sunday 17th August, 2008 (IANS)

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured when the bus they were tarvelling in fell into a ravine in Brazil's Amazon region, Spain's EFE news agency reported Sunday.

The accident took place Saturday morning on a highway near the border with Venezuela, highway patrol officials said.

The driver lost control of the bus while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck coming from the opposite direction on a curve, officials said.

There were 37 passengers on board the bus at the time of the accident. Rescuers have retrieved eight bodies from the site. The injured were rushed to a hospital.

Seven people were killed on the spot, while a 44-year-old woman died following a heart attack while being taken to the hospital in Mucajai, an official said.

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