12 college students, trucks and truck collided in Brazil on the bus; Truck driver trying to escape to the scene, said the authorities were

Bus and a truck carrying university students collided in a highway in the southeast BrazilKill 12 passengers and injured 21 people, officials said on Friday.

Truck driver, who was injured, tried to escape the scene sediment On Thursday night, in a highway near Ribeirao city, in the province of Sao Paulo, but was caught and taken to hospital. He was later charged with attempted to avoid the scene, mandatory murder and injuries.

The powers said that all the dead were the students of Franca University. The injured were taken to hospitals in the region, but most of them were released. AFP news agency reported that one of the injured “Cranial Trauma” and three others were hospitalized and in a stable situation.

Local television stations, images from the accident showing the bus, were broadcast, the left side was completely destroyed in the clash.

Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas has announced a three-day official mourning in the province of Sao Paulo, where the accident occurred.

“We wake up in a busy bus and a truck in a terrible accident 12 students killed by the sad news of this tragedy” Freitas wrote on social mediaAdd: “They saw that they shorten their dreams.”

He said in one of the university Statement of social media This was supported by the academic society and all those who need support in this difficult time and provide psychological assistance. “

According to the Ministry of Transport, more than 10,000 people were killed in road accidents in Brazil in 2024.

Another accident between a passenger bus and a truck in December Killed 38 people On a highway in Minas Gerais province.

A bus football team carrying the crocodiles of Coritiba last September was killed by killing three people. The bus was traveling to a game in Rio de Janeiro, the southern city of South, the team will play in the American Football Championship. The game was canceled after a deadly accident.