11 killed as bus runs off the road in Brazil October 23, 2012 - 10:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eleven people were killed and six others injured Monday, Oct 22, when a bus ran off the road in a mountainous area of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, Fox News reported. The accident took place near the town of Guapimirim on the highway linking Rio de Janeiro city with Teresopolis. The vehicle left the town of Itaperuna, in northwestern Rio state, early Monday with 29 people aboard, the Auto Viação 1001 bus company said. Authorities are still trying to determine what caused the bus to run off the road while rounding a curve and then plunge into a wooded area. Partner news  Top stories Earlier, at least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned. Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed.   Partner news |  Latest news "The Fades" actor to star in Ryan Gosling's "How to Catch a Monster"  Centered around a landscape of a disappearing city, the film follows a single mother who finds herself in a gloomy fantasy underworld.1st look at Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in "Long Walk to Freedom" The Golden Globe-winning Luther actor has been paired up with Bond girl Naomie Harris, who will play Winnie Mandela.Pistorius not to compete in 2013 as he awaits trial Pistorius was granted bail and had certain conditions lifted which meant he could compete in events outside his homeland.Angelina Jolie to play her mother in biopic? Marcheline Bertrand, who died from ovarian cancer in 2007 aged just 56, like her daughter devoted herself to humanitarian causes. |
