A bus with Flamengo fans overturned on the way to the game against Racing

ByDavid Mitchell
A bus with Flamengo fans overturned on the way to the game against Racing

A bus that carried fans of Flamengo to Buenos Aires to witness Wednesday’s duel against racing by Libertadores Cup overturned this Monday on a route near the municipality of Barra Mansain the southeast of Rio de Janeiro. According to reports at the scene, the balance so far is 46 injured, 4 of them seriously.

The accident occurred around 6:10 p.m. local time at kilometer 281 of the Presidente Dutra route, one of the main routes in Brazil that connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, according to the Federal Highway Police.

“46 victims were registered, of which 32 were not serious, 10 were moderately serious and 4 were serious.“, the concessionaire that manages the important highway reported in a statement. Among the injured are members of Urubuzada and Nação 12two of the main organized bars in Mengao.

A little more than half an hour after the event, the club sent a statement to their social networks confirming that they were already in contact with the authorities: “Flamengo became aware of the accident that occurred with the bus that was transporting fans to Buenos Aires and contacted the mayor of Barra Mansa, Luiz Furlani, who quickly made the Municipal Hospital and the Santa Casa available to assist the wounded.”

“The club also contacted the General Command of the Fire Department and is in direct contact with the PRF Superintendency of Riomonitoring all measures in place. We continue to monitor the situation,” the message concluded.

According to the images from the dealership’s own cameras, The bus took a turn for reasons still unknown and ended up overturning on the road.whose traffic had to be interrupted for about an hour.

Flamengo fans had rented transportation to travel to Avellaneda, where next Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. the Rio club will face Racing a week after having won the first leg 1-0, at the Maracaná stadium.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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