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A bus plunged into a ravine in a mountainous area of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, killing 11 people and injuring eight others, firefighters said.
The vehicle, which had about 30 passengers on board, collided with a car yesterday, before plummeting into the ravine, according to the Globo channel’s G1 Web site.
“Emergency personnel came to the aid of 19 people — 11 of them are dead,” a fire department spokeswoman said.
The bus had left the mountainous Teresopolis area and was heading to Rio de Janeiro, 80 kilometres (50 miles) away.
Authorities have launched a probe into the accident, but according to G1, the bus’s brakes may have failed on a downward slope. The injured were taken to three area hospitals for treatment.
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