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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – At least 7 people were killed and 12 injured Monday, November 25 when a truck collided head-on with a minibus in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, police said.
Press reports citing local health services, however, put the toll at 15 dead and 7 injured.
They said firefighters were still trying to extract some of the victims from the wreckage.
All the fatalities occurred aboard the minibus which was ferrying patients in need of hemodyalisis and health workers from the town of Rubelita to Montes Claros.
Brazil, home to more than 200 million people, ranks 5th behind India, China, Russia and the United States in terms of of traffic fatalities, according to the World Health Organization.
A total of 117 people die daily in such accidents, according to the latest available official figures dating from 2011. – Rappler.com
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