Passenger Bus Crash in Northeastern Brazil Leaves 15 Dead

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Passenger Bus Crash in Northeastern Brazil Leaves 15 Dead

A police car in Tremembe in 155 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 17, 2020. Lucas Lacaz/AFP via Getty Images

SAO PAULO—A passenger bus in northeastern Brazil crashed into a sand embankment and flipped on its side, killing 15 people, local authorities said Saturday.

The bus was carrying about 30 passengers, police said. The number of injured, who were taken to nearby hospitals, was not immediately clear. The vehicle departed from the state of Bahia and crashed in Saloá, a city in the neighboring state of Pernambuco.

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