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According to the Jandaia do Sul Fire Department
along with one teacher as the train ran into the bus at an intersection
the bus was transporting 25 students and three teachers with the Association of Parents and Friends of the Disabled
Emergency services were immediately deployed to the scene but medics were too late to save the lives of two girls aged 11 and 15
Both were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident
“I ran there and then saw that it was my daughter’s bus”
Surveillance cameras captured the moments leading up to the tragic incident unfolding
A car can be seen pulling to a halt as the train approached the intersection
the school bus appears and drives onto the tracks at the exact same time as the train arrives
the fire chief Wallacy de Souza told the news outlet: ‘We didn’t have much to do
were taken in serious condition to hospitals in the region’
At least four people were thrown out of the bus as a result of the impact
Jandaia so Sul Civil Police interviewed the bus driver after the crash
the police chief Carlos Paravidino told them: ‘He confirmed that he did not see the train approaching
even after a car had stopped on the other side of the street’
‘The Parana school community is in mourning with this serious accident in Jandaia do Sul
May God comfort the girls’ families and may the others soon recover from this accident
The Government of Parana will do what it can to help these people’
said Acting Parana Governor Darcia Piana in a statement
Video footage of the incident was posted on Facebook courtesy of digital creator
WARNING: the footage shows the impact between the train and the bus
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