When the disaster happened, students were on their way home from the private University of Franca.
In the southeastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, a bus and truck collided, killing twelve university students and injuring twenty-one others, according to authorities.
“We wake up to the sad news of this tragedy that killed 12 students in a terrible accident involving a bus and a truck,” Tarcisio Freitas, the governor of the state, wrote on Friday on X.
The majority of the 21 injured were released from the hospital following the incident late Thursday, according to a statement from Sao Paulo’s civil defense authorities.
Three of the injured were admitted to the hospital and are in stable condition, while one sustained “cranial trauma”.
According to Freitas, the tragedy happened as the students were leaving the private University of Franca and heading home.
“They saw their dreams cut short,” he stated.
According to a state government statement, the truck driver was “charged with fleeing the scene, negligent homicide, and negligent bodily harm.”
The biggest disaster on Brazil’s federal roadways since 2007 claimed 41 lives in a bus catastrophe in the southeast state of Minas Gerais in December 2024.
