The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), lamented this Saturday (21) thein Minas Gerais. Tarcísio made Scientific Police teams available to assist the Minas Gerais authorities in identifying the victims.
“My sincere condolences to the friends and family of victims of the very serious accident between a bus that had left São Paulo towards Bahia, and a trailer on BR-116, in the municipality of Teófilo Otoni in Minas Gerais. The government of São Paulo has made available teams from the Technical-Scientific Police and the Ricardo Gumbleton Daunt Identification Institute of São Paulo, which are already on their way to Minas Gerais to assist the Minas Gerais authorities in the reconnaissance work”, informed the governor on social media.
The accident between a bus, a twin-train truck and a passenger car happened around 4am today in the Lajinha region, in Teófilo Otoni – around 445 km from the capital Belo Horizonte. More than 30 bodies were removed from the wreckage.
Bus left São Paulo
and was destined for Vitória da Conquista, in Bahia. 13 were rescued alive and taken to medical care in the region.
The bus driver died in the accident. The Fire Department lieutenant, Alonso Vieira Júnior, stated that .
The São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) reported that it helps the Minas Gerais authorities to identify the victims. The list with the names of everyone involved in the accident has already been shared with the São Paulo Civil Police Intelligence Department.
Firefighters confirmed that the company responsible for the bus is Emtram.
A CNN requested a position from the company and is awaiting a response.
