SAO PAULO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Six passengers were killed on Monday in a bus crash on a federal highway in southeastern Brazil, Sao Paulo state firefighters said, and another 46 injured people were sent to local hospitals for treatment.
The crash, on the BR-153 federal highway, occurred early in the day near the city of Marilia, the firefighters said in a post on X. The condition of the injured passengers was not immediately disclosed.
Local newspapers, citing statements from Brazil’s federal highway police, said the bus was carrying farm workers from the northeastern Maranhao state to the southern Santa Catarina state to harvest apples.
The vehicle left the roadway and turned over after its left rear tire burst, causing the driver to lose control, Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo said.
(Reporting by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
