Bus collides with truck in Brazil, 3 killed, 31 injured

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The truck reportedly crossed into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with the bus. Both drivers and a passenger of the truck died.

08:0522/11/2009

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Three people died and 31 were injured when a bus collided with a truck in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state, local police said.

The truck reportedly crossed into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with the bus. Both drivers and a passenger of the truck died.

The injured bus passengers were admitted to hospitals, eight of them in a critical condition.

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