Brazil bus crash kills at least 23 and injures five in Parana state

The bus was travelling to hospitals near Curitiba when the accident occurred.

A head-on collision between a minibus and an empty truck killed at least 23 people and injured five early Wednesday in Paraná, Brazil.

At least 23 die as bus and truck collide in Brazil's Parana, police say  Reuters

It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

At least 21 dead in head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Parana, Brazil .

SAO PAULO, Aug 19 - At least 23 people died in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the BR-373 highway in Brazil's southern state of Parana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Federal Highway Police said.