Seven people died, including a three-year-old boy and his mother,
both Argentines, and about twenty were injured this Tuesday morning when a bus carrying several foreigners on a route to Brazil fell.
The accident occurred around 1:50 a.m. when the bus traveling from the city of Florianópolis (Santa Catarina) to Foz de Iguazú (Paraná) fell into a ravine on the side of the road for unknown reasons, the PRF told local media.
Among the seven deceased there is a three-year-old boy and his mother, both of Argentine nationality, another woman and four men, according to police sources.
Among the 54 passengers, there were also Paraguayans, French and Germans, according to the fire chief of the Irati municipality of Paraná, Carla Spak.
The incident left a
balance of 22 people injured
who were transferred to nearby health centers in the central region of Paraná.
Images released by the police show the bus overturned on the side of highway BR-277, which made rescue tasks difficult.
On Monday, another bus accident carrying a youth soccer team left four people dead, including three teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17, and 29 injured in Minas Gerais, in the southeast of the country.
News in development
look too
Tragedy on Route 11: two dead and several injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a car
Tragedy in Brazil: a bus fell from a bridge and three youth soccer players and their coach died
