Accident with three vehicles left 38 dead in Minas Gerais

During the early hours of Saturday (21) a traffic accident involving three vehicles, a trailer, a bus and a car occurred in the municipality of Teófilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, according to information provided by the Fire Department, the accident resulted in 38 deaths.

The collision of the vehicles caused a fire that closed BR-116, in the interior of the State. According to information from Agência Brasil, provided by the MG fire department, the bus involved in the accident was coming from São Paulo, its tire blew out and ended up colliding with a trailer on the road and a car that was right behind it ended up colliding with the other vehicles and colliding. involving in accident also.

Accident Details

^{Accident on BR-116 in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais (photo: reproduction/disclosure/fire department/gazetadopovo.com.br)}

The bus was traveling from São Paulo, on Friday (20), and its final destination was Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. Information provided by the Rodovia Federal (PRF) police says that the accident occurred at around 3 am, which resulted in a closure of the entire highway during the early hours of the morning, which was only released around 10 am, the collision of vehicles during the accident caused a large fire causing most of the victims fatalities were charred to death.

The situation of the victims

The three passengers of the passenger car that collided in the accident were rescued in serious condition, information about the driver of the truck involved has not yet been released. The bus was carrying 45 passengers and those who managed to escape were immediately taken to the nearest hospitals.

The Government of the State of Minas Gerais reported that the Medico Legal Institute (IML) of Minas Gerais was directed to the location to recognize the bodies. According to information provided by the IML, 25 victims were burned to death and of the 38 dead, 36 died instantly. and the other two were rescued, but did not survive their injuries.

Featured Photo: Accident in Teófilo Otoni, MG (reproduction/disclosure/fire department/meiahora.com.br)