Six passengers killed in bus crash in southeastern Brazil, 45 injured

SAO PAULO, ‌Feb 16 (Reuters) - ​Six ​passengers were killed on Monday in a bus ‌crash on a federal highway in ⁠southeastern Brazil, federal and Sao Paulo ‌state officials said, and ‌another 45 injured people were sent to local hospitals for medical ​treatment.

The crash, on the BR-153 federal highway, occurred early ⁠in the day near the city of Marilia, ​Sao Paulo state firefighters said in a post on X. ​The condition of the ‌injured passengers was not immediately disclosed.

Brazil's federal highway ⁠police said in a statement that the bus was carrying farm workers ⁠from the northeastern Maranhao state to the ​southern Santa Catarina state to harvest apples.

Preliminary information pointed out that the vehicle ‌left the roadway and turned over after, the police ‌said, adding the causes of ⁠the crash ‌will be investigated.

(Reporting ​by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Nick ‌Zieminski)

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