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A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames in Brazil, killing 38 people, the fire department said.
After removing all of the victims from a major highway near the town of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state's fire department reported that the driver of the bus, which had 45 people on board, was among the dead.
The other passengers remained in critical condition after being transported to a local hospital.
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The truck driver fled the scene, and three occupants of a car that collided with the truck and became trapped underneath survived the accident, said the fire department.
"I deeply mourn and extend my prayers to the families of the more than 30 victims of the accident in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais. I pray for the recovery of the survivors of this terrible tragedy," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wrote on X.
A forensic investigation will be required to determine the accident's cause, as differing accounts were gathered from witness testimonies, said the local fire department.
Initially, firefighters reported the bus had a tire blowout, causing the driver to lose control before colliding at around 4am local time, with an oncoming truck on the BR-116 federal highway, a major route connecting Brazil's densely populated southeast to the poorer northeast.
However, witnesses also reported that a granite block the truck was transporting came loose, fell on the road and caused the collision with the bus, said the fire department.
"Only the forensic investigation will confirm the true version," said the fire department in a statement.
The bus departed from Sao Paulo and was headed to the state of Bahia.
The accident in Minas Gerais state, involving a bus that caught fire in the collision, was the worst on Brazil's federal highways since 2007, said the Federal Highway Police (PRF).
In a video released Saturday morning, Lieutenant Alonso Vieira Junior of the Minas Gerais fire department said a crane would be needed to clear the wreckage, and that "there are still more victims to be removed."
(With inputs from AFP)
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