A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 38 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said.

A bridge in Brazil collapsed, killing at least two and complicating rescue efforts with a sulfuric acid spill. Authorities also deal with a fatal bus crash and a plane wreck, leading to many casualties across the country over the weekend.

Over 30 people were killed after a packed bus collided with a truck in Brazil; the other passengers were transported to a local hospital and remain in critical condition.

At least thirty two people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, adding that the death toll could still rise.Another vehicle also hit the bus from behind, officials said,

Close to 40 people have been killed in a devastating accident between a passenger bus and a track over the weekend. According to reports from authorities, 38 people have died following an accident between a passenger bus and a truck early on Saturday morning.

Authorities on Sunday raised to 41 the death toll in a weekend bus crash in southeastern Brazil that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a "terrible tragedy."That toll was up from the 38 deaths announced after the crash Saturday,