News Desk03 January 2026, 07:31 AM ISTShare 11 people were killed and seven others injured after a bus collided head-on with a sand-laden truck on a federal highway in southern Brazil, with spilled cargo trapping victims and slowing rescue efforts. Rescue personnel work at the accident site after a bus collided head-on with a sand-laden truck on a federal highway in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others. Brazil: At least 11 people were killed and seven others injured after a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a federal highway in southern Brazil on Friday, authorities said. The accident occurred around 11.30 am local time on a federal highway in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to Brazil’s Federal Highway Police.
