7 followers of Brazil’s Corinthians soccer group have been killed in a bus crash, dozens wounded

SAO PAULO — A bus carrying followers of the Brazilian soccer group Corinthians crashed Sunday following a match within the metropolis of Belo Horizonte, killing at the least seven folks and injuring 36 others, police mentioned.

The seven {dead} have been members of a membership of supporters of Corinthians known as Gavioes da Fiel. They’d traveled from the town of Taubaté in northeast Sao Paulo state to observe their group’s 1-1 draw with Cruzeiro in a Brazilian championship recreation Saturday night.

Passengers advised native media the bus misplaced its breaks and flipped over making an attempt to keep away from a head on crash with one other bus.

Corinthians mentioned in an announcement it should give help to households of the victims. Different Brazilian golf equipment additionally expressed their sorrow for the accident as did President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who can be a fan of the membership.