2024 Minas Gerais road crash
| Minas Gerais road crash | |
|---|---|
BR-116 in Teófilo Otoni, the highway where the crash occurred | |
| Details | |
| Date | 21 December 2024 c. 4:00 a.m. BRT |
| Location | Lajinha, Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates | 17°56′26″S 41°31′43″W / 17.94056°S 41.52861°W |
| Country | Brazil |
| Incident type | Multiple-vehicle collision |
| Cause | Under investigation; likely a fire, after a collision between a bus and a fallen granite block or a B-double due to a tire burst |
| Statistics | |
| Vehicles | 3 |
| Deaths | 39 |
| Injured | 7 |
On 21 December 2024, a multiple-vehicle collision involving a passenger bus, a car and a B-double road train occurred in Lajinha, a district of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the BR-116 highway. Thirty-nine people died, and seven others were injured. It is the deadliest traffic accident on federal highways in Brazil since 2007, when such numbers began to be monitored.