(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) At least seven people were killed and another 22 injured on
Tuesday when a tour bus heading for Iguazu Falls overturned in the
southern Brazilian state of Parana, police said, trend reports citing
xinhua .
According to Parana's Federal Highway Police, the bus carrying
54 persons had departed from Florianopolis, capital of Santa
Catarina state, on its way further south to Foz do Iguacu, a
Brazilian town bordering Argentina and Paraguay.
The bus operated by the Viacao Catarinense company veered off
the BR-277 Highway and plunged down a hill in the central Parana
town of Fernandes Pinheiro, the police report said.
Among the fatal victims were an Argentine mother and her
three-year-old daughter, the local fire department told
reporters.
Local authorities have opened an investigation to determine the
cause of the accident, which involved another vehicle.
A surviving passenger, Alexandro de Oliveira Gamaro, said he
spoke with the bus driver after the crash and the driver admitted
to having fallen asleep.
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