2015 Brazil bus accident

2015 Brazil bus accident
Location of Santa Catarina in Brazil
Details
Date 15 March 2015
Location Santa Catarina
Country Brazil
Statistics
Deaths 54 [1][2]
Injuries 7

The 2015 Brazil bus accident occurred on 15 March 2015, when a tourist bus left the road and plunged approximately 100 metres (330 ft) near the city of Joinville in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. At least 51 people died and 7 were injured in the accident.[3][4][5][6]

Incident

The bus veered off the road and plunged into a ravine in the southern Brazilian province of Santa Carina.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Up to 51 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil". Mail Online.
  2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/15/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-bus-accident.html
  3. ↑ "Up to 51 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil". Reuters.
  4. ↑ "Bus plunge in southern Brazil leaves 49 dead". BBC. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bus plunges off cliff in Brazil, 54 killed". Reuters.
  6. ↑ "54 dead in Brazil bus crash: Rousseff". Yahoo News. 15 March 2015.
  7. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/15/c_134068577.htm


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