At least four people died and 28 were injured when a bus carrying a soccer team fell this morning from a bridge in Além Paraíba, Brazil.
The name of the club to which the bus that suffered the accident belonged was not revealed, but according to the Globo channel, which quotes the Federal Highway Police, the players were traveling from Ubaporanja to Rio de Janeiro.
Bus falls from a bridge in Minas Gerais and soccer players from the Rio team die https://t.co/7bQgMEK8gz pic.twitter.com/ZFCWlMSOPM
– Globo_Rio (@OGlobo_Rio) January 30, 2023
Four bodies were removed from the accident site and 28 people were taken to the hospital, their state of health is unknown.
There were 36 passengers on the bus, including players, coaching staff and the driver.
The causes of the accident are not yet known. The bus reportedly fell off a bridge and flipped over several times before coming to a stop near a stream.
Source: TSF
