A bus carrying 60 passengers to a religious event in the state of  plunged over a cliff on Saturday evening. The driver reportedly lost control whilst approaching a curve, leading the bus to fall 400 metres into a wooded area just ten kilometres away from , the final destination. Whilst the cause of the accident is not yet confirmed, police believe that the brakes on the vehicle may have failed. The roads that wind through the Dona Francisca mountain range are notoriously dangerous, with 110 fatalities on these roads in the past five years, according to police. Throughout the nation, with the  stating 43,000 people die annually in accidents on the congested and poorly maintained roads.
A bus carrying 60 passengers to a religious event in the state of Brazil plunged over a cliff on Saturday evening. The driver reportedly lost control whilst approaching a curve, leading the bus to fall 400 metres into a wooded area just ten kilometres away from , the final destination. Whilst the cause of the accident is not yet confirmed, police believe that the brakes on the vehicle may have failed. The roads that wind through the Dona Francisca mountain range are notoriously dangerous, with 110 fatalities on these roads in the past five years, according to police. Throughout the nation, with the World Health Organisation stating 43,000 people die annually in accidents on the congested and poorly maintained roads.
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