Bus crash kills 30 in Brazil: authorities
March 15, 2015 1:20 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - At least 30 people died when a bus plunged off a ridge in southern Brazil on Saturday, authorities said.

Rescue workers were still trying to reach any survivors but access to the crash site in Santa Catarina state was difficult, a local government spokesman told AFP, stressing that the toll could still rise.

The tour bus carrying 50 people plunged 400 metres (1,300 feet) into a wooden ravine as night fell, complicating search efforts, the spokesman said.

The driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle on the curvy stretch of highway, but the cause was still under investigation.

Still, emergency crews rescued 12 people who survived. They were taken to hospital for treatment.

"There are people out there, on the hill, in the bus, trapped in the wreckage. But the chance of finding someone alive are pretty slim," Colonel Nelson Coelho said in a statement.

Some 43,000 Brazilians are killed in car crashes every year.

And from 2002-2012, the traffic accident rate surged by over 24 per cent.

With the economy growing and the population topping 200 million, an estimated 10,000 new cars hit the road every day.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Bus-crash-kills-30-in-Brazil-authorities-30256052.html

-- The Nation 2015-03-15

My condolences to the victims. I hope those trapped in the bus are OK.

Firstly RIP to the victims.

Next, isn't it amazing on this wonderful Thai Visa forum that the a.holes that flock to the place only have negative comments to make when Thai people are involved.

If this had been a Thai bus accident this thread would be at page 37 with endless negative comments towards Thai people ...... There would be 99 to 1 comments about how bad Thailand is.

Here we have a Brazillian crash and only 1 RIP comment by about the only guy on the forum with any decency.

How bout those retarded Brazillians hey, so much brazillianess.

This forum is full of dead set arsewipes...... Talk about farangness.

Hypocracy, yes indeed.

Pity we can't fill a bus up with racist tvf members and plunge it into a ravine 5555

Firstly RIP to the victims.

Next, isn't it amazing on this wonderful Thai Visa forum that the a.holes that flock to the place only have negative comments to make when Thai people are involved.

If this had been a Thai bus accident this thread would be at page 37 with endless negative comments towards Thai people ...... There would be 99 to 1 comments about how bad Thailand is.

Here we have a Brazillian crash and only 1 RIP comment by about the only guy on the forum with any decency.

How bout those retarded Brazillians hey, so much brazillianess.

This forum is full of dead set arsewipes...... Talk about farangness.

Hypocracy, yes indeed.

Pity we can't fill a bus up with racist tvf members and plunge it into a ravine 5555

Well spoken neverdie - nothing to add to this!

Firstly RIP to the victims.

Next, isn't it amazing on this wonderful Thai Visa forum that the a.holes that flock to the place only have negative comments to make when Thai people are involved.

If this had been a Thai bus accident this thread would be at page 37 with endless negative comments towards Thai people ...... There would be 99 to 1 comments about how bad Thailand is.

Here we have a Brazillian crash and only 1 RIP comment by about the only guy on the forum with any decency.

How bout those retarded Brazillians hey, so much brazillianess.

This forum is full of dead set arsewipes...... Talk about farangness.

Hypocracy, yes indeed.

Pity we can't fill a bus up with racist tvf members and plunge it into a ravine 5555

That's true. But had this been a Chinese bus accident, this thread would be at page 57 with endless negative comments towards Chinese people. Thai, Chinese and Russian bashing are a sport here at TVF. You have another gang rape in India (this time victim is an elderly nun) and nothing about it is posted here. Had the rape occurred in Thailand, China or Russia, articles about it would be plastered all over TVF. Go figure.

RIP to the accident victims. I have taken two trips to Brazil. Very friendly people with great spirit

and beautiful beaches.