Head-on collision between bus and lorry in Brazil kills more than 20 - BBC News

It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Image source, Handout picture/Federal Highway PoliceImage caption, The crash happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time

At least 23 people, among them two children, have been killed and another five injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a lorry in southern Brazil, highway police say.

The crash happened early on Wednesday local time on the BR-373 highway in the southern state of Paraná.

Local media reported that the minibus belonged to the health authorities of the nearby city of Imbituva and was transporting patients and their relatives to health appointments in Ponta Grossa, some 60km (36 miles) away.

Authorities have opened an investigation to determine what may have caused the two vehicles to crash into each other.