Bus crash in Brazil leaves 17 dead

By Reuters
November 26, 2024
An injured victim is carried to a helicopter after being rescued from a bus that crashed in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil on November 25, 2024. — Reuters
An injured victim is carried to a helicopter after being rescued from a bus that crashed in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil on November 25, 2024. — Reuters

ALAGOAS, Brazil: At least 17 people died and 29 others were rescued after a bus crashed in the northeastern Brazilian state of Alagoas on Sunday, the state’s health secretariat said.

One person was taken to the Mata Regional Hospital but succumbed to their injuries, while the others died at the scene, the secretariat said in a statement. Details of the accident were not disclosed, but local media reported that the bus had overturned on a cliff in the region.