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Bus Overturns in Brazil, Killing 3 Paraguayan Dancers and Injuring 40
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Bus Overturns in Brazil, Killing 3 Paraguayan Dancers and Injuring 40

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A bus carrying Paraguayan dancers returning from a competition in Brazil overturned in Santa Catarina, resulting in at least three deaths and 40 injuries.
  • The deceased include two Paraguayan women, aged 75 and 48, and an 8-year-old girl from the dance academy.
  • The accident occurred on a highway between Maravilha and São Miguel da Boa Vista, with rescue efforts involving nine fire units.

At least three people died and 40 were injured when a bus carrying Paraguayan dancers back from a competition in Brazil overturned on a highway in the southern state of Santa Catarina. The accident occurred early Wednesday morning.

At least three people died and 40 were injured when a bus carrying Paraguayan dancers and returning to Paraguay overturned on a highway in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities reported this Wednesday.

— AuthoritiesThis quote provides the initial report on the casualties and location of the accident.

The bus was returning from Gramado, where the Academia de Danzas Bethania, from Paraguay's Guairá department, had participated in a dance competition. Carlos Vera, head of Paraguay's National Commission for Stateless Persons and Refugees (Conare), confirmed the details to ABC Cardinal radio.

The fatalities include two Paraguayan women, aged 75 and 48, and an 8-year-old girl who was a member of the dance academy. José Resquín, the mayor of Colonia Independencia, the town where the dance school is located, identified the victims.

The bus was returning from the city of Gramado, in southern Brazil, where the Academia de Danzas Bethania, from the Paraguayan department of Guairá, participated in a dance competition, said on ABC Cardinal radio the head of the National Commission for Stateless Persons and Refugees of Paraguay (Conare), Carlos Vera.

— Carlos VeraThis quote identifies the dance group and their recent activity prior to the accident.

According to the Santa Catarina Fire Department, the bus, carrying 67 passengers, veered off the road on a curve between the municipalities of Maravilha and São Miguel da Boa Vista. This led to dozens of passengers being trapped within the wreckage. Nine fire units from the region were involved in the rescue operations.

The deceased are two Paraguayans, aged 75 and 48, and an 8-year-old girl who was a member of the dance academy.

— José ResquínThis quote provides the identities of the fatalities.

Of the 64 survivors, 40 required medical attention and were transported to local hospitals. Thirty-five were admitted to São José Hospital in Maravilha, four to the municipal hospital in Romelândia, and one to the Regional Hospital Terezinha Gaio Basso in São Miguel do Oeste. Passengers who did not require immediate medical care were taken to a shelter. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the Brazilian Civil Police and Forensic Police.

There are people in serious condition.

— Paraguayan MayorThis quote conveys the severity of the injuries sustained by some survivors.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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