Eleven killed as bus crashes head-on into truck in southern Brazil


SAO PAULO, ‌Jan 2 (Reuters) - A head-on ‌collision between a bus ‌and a truck left at least 11 people dead on Friday ‍in southern Brazil, the ‍country's Federal ‌Highway Police said in a ‍statement.

Another seven ​people were injured in the ⁠accident, which took place on a ‌federal highway in Brazil's southernmost ⁠state of ‍Rio Grande do Sul around 11:30 a.m. local ‍time (1430 GMT), and were ‌sent to hospitals, the police said.

Part of the truck's sand cargo ended up inside the bus as a result of the crash, making ‌it difficult for rescuers to access the vehicle, the police ​said.

(Reporting by Andre Romani; Editing by Sarah Morland and Chris Reese)

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