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At least 23 die as bus and truck collide in Brazil
Reuters, Sau Paulo
Published: 19 Aug 2026, 10:57 PM
A handout photograph shows a member of Brazil's Federal Highway Police at the scene of a collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in the southern state of Parana, Brazil on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
At least 23 people died in a head-on collision between a bus
and a truck on the BR-373 highway in Brazil's southern state of Parana in the
early hours of Wednesday, the Federal Highway Police said.
Five others were injured when the vehicles crashed around 3am
(0600 GMT), police said. Most of those killed were on the bus, and the truck
driver also died, the statement read.
Early evidence suggested the truck crossed into the opposite
lane, it added.
The bus involved in the accident belonged to the Imbituva
municipal health department and was heading to hospitals in the region of
Parana's capital Curitiba, roughly 180 km (110 miles) away, police said.
Imbituva, a city of about 30,000 people, declared two days
of official mourning following the accident.
The highway remained closed with no estimate for when it
would reopen, road operator Via Araucaria said in a post on X.