A bus carrying fans of the Brazilian soccer team Corinthians crashed Sunday following a match in the city of Belo Horizonte, killing at least seven people and injuring 36 others, police said.
The seven dead were members of a club of supporters of Corinthians called Gavioes da Fiel. They had traveled from the city of Taubaté in northeast Sao Paulo state to watch their teams 1-1 draw with Cruzeiro in a Brazilian championship game Saturday evening.
Passengers told local media the bus lost its breaks and flipped over trying to avoid a head on crash with another bus.
Corinthians said in a statement it will give support to families of the victims. Other Brazilian clubs also expressed their sorrow for the accident as did President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is also a fan of the club. (AP via VOA)
PHOTO:Firefighters work the scene of a crash involving a bus that carried fans of the Brazilian Club Corinthians, on the Fernao Dias national highway, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Aug. 20, 2023. (Belo Horizonte Military Fire Department/Handout via Reuters)
NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.
