A bus accident left a balance of 38 dead in the early hours of this Saturday, due to a crash followed by fire andn the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It happened on route BR-116 and the driver lost control after an explosion in one of the tires.
The vehicle was carrying 45 passengers in total when The driver lost control of the steering after a tire burst. The man died at the scene and, according to firefighters, at least one of the victims is a child. A total of 25 bodies were burned, which according to authorities makes their identification difficult.
What was the crash that left 38 dead in Brazil?
According to information from the Minas Gerais Military Police (PMMG)the vehicle entered the opposite lane and collided with a trailer loaded with blocks of stones. After the crash, the bus caught fire and went off the road.
A passenger vehicle behind also collided with the bus, but all three occupants escaped alive. The driver of the truck fled and is wanted by the PRF.
Highway BR-116, a deadly road
Due to the accident, the road at kilometer 285 of BR-116 was completely closed. The PRF informed GLOBO that, around 10 a.m., the runway was partially freed through a wall system.
The tragedy occurred on this highway, which leads the ranking of fatalities in Brazil. According to the Federal Highway Police, BR-116 was the deadliest in the country in 2023, with 559 deaths recorded. Of them, 155 occurred in Minas Gerais.
A survey of the National Transport Confederation (CNT) points out Minas Gerais as the state with the highest number of deaths on the roads. Between November 2022 and October 2023, 712 deaths were recorded, representing 12% of all deaths that occurred in the country.
The Bank of Brazil sold US$11 billion in two days to support the recovery of the real
He Central Bank of Brazil sold US$3 billion in cash in a new auction this Friday morning, in the seventh operation of this type since last week and one day after injecting US$8 billion in cash into the exchange market, the organization said in a statement. “In the auction, the bank accepted eight proposals.”
Since Thursday of last week, the central bank has sold more than US$23.75 billion in a series of exchange interventions, including spot sales and line auctions (dollars with repurchase commitments) amid the sharp devaluation of the Brazilian currency due to investors’ fiscal fears. After the auction, at 0930 local time, the spot dollar fell 0.87%, to 6.0713 reais for sale.
Source: Ambito
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