Firefighters working at the scene of a bus accident in Campo Alegre, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil on March 14, 2015. The number of dead has reached 42, up to now. - AFP PHOTO / SALMO DUARTE - AGENCIA RBS
Among the dead were eight children and 24 women, regional government spokeswoman Ana Paula Keller told AFP.
The toll had initially been put at about 30 but the number rose throughout the night as rescuers continued to find bodies at the difficult-to-access crash site in Santa Catarina state, and other victims succumbed to their injuries at a nearby hospital.
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