A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said.

At least 38 people were killed in a road crash after a bus carrying 45 passengers collided with a truck near the town of Teófilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Over 30 people were killed after a packed bus collided with a truck in Brazil; the other passengers were transported to a local hospital and remain in critical condition.

The accident in Minas Gerais state, involving a bus that caught fire in the collision, was the worst on Brazil’s federal highways since 2007, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) said. Civil police confirmed 38 fatalities with nine people hospitalized.

A truck and a passenger bus collision killed 38 and injured 13 others during an early-morning accident Saturday in southeastern Brazil.

At least thirty two people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll could still rise.Another vehicle also hit the bus from behind, officials said,

Some passengers who boarded a bus on their way to celebrate Christmas are feared dead following a horrible accident that took place at Ohafia, Abia State on Sunday. The accident happened at the dilapidated Mmuri Bridge section of the Bende-Abam-Ohafia road.

On Saturday morning, a bus collided with a truck on a highway in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Of the 45 passengers on board, 38 were killed, including the bus driver. There are various witness statements as to the cause of the accident.

A tragic accident in which 38 people were killed occurred in southeast Brazil. A bus collided with a truck, leading to a fire. On Saturday, a tragic road accident occurred on the highway near the city of Teófilo Otoni in the state of Minas Gerais.