Two people die after a bus carrying rural workers overturns in a mountain range between MG and SP The two women who died after a bus carrying rural workers overturned on a curve on the Deputado Januário Mantelli Neto Highway (SP-215), in the district of São Roque da Fartura, in Águas da Prata (SP), this Tuesday (21) were identified. The two victims are: Maria Eduarda Corrêa Ferreira, 19 years old, resident of Itobi; Maria Eduarda Corrêa Ferreira, 19 years old, is one of the victims of the bus accident in the district of Águas da Prata (SP) Reproduction/Instagram Josefa Alexandre da Silva, 59 years old, resident of Santa Cruz das Palmeiras. ? Follow g1 São Carlos and Araraquara on Instagram There is still no information about the wake and burial of Maria and Josefa. According to the Military Highway Police, the bus was transporting 45 rural workers from Casa Branca, Santa Cruz das Palmeiras and Itobi (SP). The driver said he lost the brakes on the vehicle, which overturned on the side of the highway. The vehicle was heading to an onion farm in Poços de Caldas (MG). At least 24 people were injured, eight in serious condition, and were taken to hospitals in Águas da Prata (SP), São João da Boa Vista (SP) and Poços de Caldas (MG). At the Águas da Prata Emergency Room, five women and two men were admitted with minor injuries. Four of them had already been medically discharged until the last update of this report. Accident with rural workers' bus leaves 2 dead between Águas da Prata (SP) and Poços de Caldas (MG) Reproduction/EPTV More news from the region: BABY REPORTED AS DEAD: understand the case since funeral director finds Noah Gabriel alive INVESTIGATION: police recover 30 bags of stolen coffee and arrest suspected gang member FEAR: house is full of cracks and family is afraid of collapse The accident Maria Eduarda Corrêa Ferreira, 19 years old, is one of the victims of the bus accident in the district of Águas da Prata (SP) Reproduction/EPTV The accident happened around 6:30 am, on a mountainous stretch of the Rodovia Deputado Januário Mantelli Neto (SP-215), close to the border between São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Teams from the Fire Department, Highway Police and Highways Department (DER), Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) and other ambulances were called to respond to the incident. To EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, driver Valdeci Lourenço de Souza said he lost the brakes and decided to throw the bus against the guardrail to prevent it from going down the bank. Accident involving rural workers' bus in the mountains between MG and SP leaves dead João Daniel Alves/EPTV "I thought about throwing it at the guardrail to see if it would soften the impact. Then the bus turned over, but ended up hurting a lot of people. If it went down, it would be even worse. To prevent the vehicle from gaining more speed, I threw it to the side", he said. According to Souza, the bus recently underwent inspection. The driver was taken to the police station to give a statement. Sixteen workers who were not injured were taken back home by a bus provided by the rural union of Vargem Grande do Sul (SP). The bodies of the victims were sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of São João da Boa Vista. There is still no information about wake and burial. Watch the full report: Bus with rural workers overturns and leaves two dead in the interior of SP REVIEW VIDEOS FROM EPTV: See more news from the region on g1 São Carlos and Araraquara