At least ten people have died when a bus fell 15 meters over a viaduct in Brazil, firefighters said.
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The accident took place near the town of Joao Monlevade, in the state of Minas Gerais (south-east).
The coach fell from a viaduct named "
Ponte Torta
", the crooked bridge.
"
The provisional toll is 10 dead and 30 injured,
" said a spokesman for the firefighters on the CNN Brasil television channel.
The circumstances of the accident have not yet been established by the authorities.
Impressive videos broadcast by firefighters show the coach totally destroyed at the bottom of a ravine.
A helicopter was to be sent to rescue the wounded.
Last week another bus crash left 41 people dead and 10 injured, most of them workers at a textile company.
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