SAO PAULO:
The accident in Minas Gerais state, involving a bus that caught fire in the collision, was the worst on Brazil's federal highways since 2007, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) told AFP.
Civil police confirmed 38 fatalities with nine people hospitalized. According to preliminary information, a block of granite "possibly" came off a truck traveling in the opposite direction, hitting the bus, the PRF said in a statement.
The truck driver fled the scene, firefighters said.
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