At least 10 killed after bus plunges off bridge in Brazil

A bus has careened off a bridge in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing at least 10 people
At least 10 people are dead after a bus careened off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday.

Credit: Minas Gerais Federal Highway Police

Credit: Minas Gerais Federal Highway Police

At least 10 people are dead after a bus careened off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday.

A bus careened off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday, killing at least 10 people, according to the Twitter account of the federal highway police in that state.

Images on local media showed the smoking bus on its side atop train tracks after falling about 15 meters (49 feet). The accident happened beside the Piracicaba River.

Radio station CBN said that the death toll had reached 14 and that more than 20 people were injured.