Seven dead and 27 injured after bus carrying football fans home from match crashes when driver ‘lost control’ in Brazil

AT LEAST seven are dead and dozens are injured after a bus carrying Brazil football fans crashed as they returned from a match.

Supporters of the Corinthians were onboard when the driver lost control while travelling on a mountainous road, police said.

The bus horrifically flipped over as the driver yelled he ‘had no brakes

They had travelled from the city of Taubaté in northeast Sao Paulo state to watch their team’s 1-1 draw with Cruzeiro in a Brazilian championship game Saturday evening.

But the bus driver suddenly yelled out he “had no brakes” before losing control, with the vehicle flipping over.

Fernando Frois, a lieutenant with the Minas Gerais firefighters, announced the tragic deaths of seven passengers.

The condition of those hospitalised remains unclear.

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