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At least 38 die in bus accident in southeastern Brazil

A crane working on the site of a crash in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on December 21, 2024.[Photo, AFP]

At least 38 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a "terrible tragedy."

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, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) told AFP.

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