juiz de Fora Hospital Prioritizes Emergency โขCases Following Deadly Bus Accident
The Juiz de Fora Emergency Room Hospital has temporarily restricted non-urgent care followingโ a โserious accident โฃon BR-040 near kilometer 799 onโ Friday, September 5th. The โฃaccident, involving a Viaรงรฃo โคCometa tour โคbus and a municipal bus, โขresulted in four fatalities and 31 injuries. The hospital is currently focusing on treating critical cases, and the city โขis directing patients with non-emergency medical needs to โคEmergency Care Units (UPAs) and Basic Health Units (UBS).The accident occurred when the โฃtour bus collided with a municipal โbus stopped on the shoulder of the road, causing โคitโข to โoverturn. Firefighters reported that passengers from the municipal bus were ejected during the โคimpact. Three adults and one child died at the scene,โ and 24 were transported to โthe Juiz de Fora Emergency Hospital.
Sevenโ passengers on the tour bus, โฃwich wasโค carrying โ30 individuals, also sustained injuries. A four-year-old child,rescuedโ from the wreckage,was taken to Santa Teresinha Maternity with a โขsuspected leg fracture.Three other tour bus passengers received treatment for facial abrasions at the Municipal Emergency Hospital.Aโฃ large-scale rescue โoperation involved six fire brigade vehicles and 14 personnel,โฃ alongside support from the Military Police, Municipal Guard, Federal Highway Police (PRF), and Juiz de Fora traffic inspection.
The City of Juiz de Fora has expressed its condolences and stated that teams from the Secretariats of Health, Urban Mobility, Security, and Social Assistance are actively responding to the situation. Social workers โfrom the Secretariat of Socialโฃ Assistance and the Secretariat of Human Rights have been deployed โto the hospitalโข to provide support to victims and their families.
Viaรงรฃo Cometa released a statement expressing โฃregret over the incident and offering full cooperation with โคthe investigation โคand support to those affected.Authorities are currently investigating the โcause of theโ accident.