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##### Minas Gerais road crash
# Forty-one people are killed when a bus collides with a granite block that fell from a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil. 




### Sources:

1. [G1](https://g1.globo.com/mg/vales-mg/noticia/2024/12/21/acidente-em-mg-e-a-maior-tragedia-em-rodovias-federais-pelo-menos-desde-2007-inicio-da-serie-historica-da-prf.ghtml)
2. [O Globo](https://oglobo.globo.com/google/amp/brasil/minas-gerais/noticia/2024/12/22/tragedia-em-minas-sobe-para-41-o-numero-de-mortos-em-acidente-em-teofilo-otoni.ghtml)
3. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/at-least-22-people-killed-in-tragic-bus-crash-in-brazil)

### Changes:

1. Thirty-eight people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil.  _2024-12-22 20:37:27 (First version)_
1. Forty-one people are killed when a bus collides with a granite block that fell from a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil.  _(Current version)_

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