Accident with rural workers' bus in the mountains between MG and SP leaves dead A rural workers' bus overturned on a curve on the SP-215, in the mountains that connect Poços de Caldas (MG) to the district of São Roque da Fartura, in Águas da Prata (SP). According to initial information, two women died and dozens of people were injured. At least eight had serious injuries, such as fractures. ? Follow the g1 Sul de Minas page on Instagram The accident happened around 6:30 am. Poços de Caldas firefighters were called to respond to the incident at km 2, close to the dividing mark, a very steep place with many curves. Accident with a bus carrying rural workers in the mountains between MG and SP leaves dead João Daniel Alves/EPTV According to the Military Highway Police, the bus was transporting around 40 rural workers from Casa Branca, Santa Cruz das Palmeiras and Itobi (SP) to an onion farm in Poços de Caldas. According to the driver, Valdeci Lourenço de Souza, the bus was going from Itobi to Poços de Caldas when it lost its brakes and rolled to the side of the road. "I thought about throwing it over there on the guardrail to see if there would be any impact. Then the bus tipped over, but it ended up hurting a lot of people. If it went down, it would be even worse. To stop it getting too much, I threw it over there on the side", he said. According to Souza, the bus recently underwent inspection. The injured were taken to hospitals in the region Accident involving a bus carrying rural workers leaves two dead and several injured between Poços de Caldas and São Roque da Fartura EPTV Reproduction There is still no confirmation of how many people were in the vehicle. Several people were injured and taken to area hospitals. Four injured people went to São João da Boa Vista, seven to Águas da Prata - four have already been discharged, and 13 to Santa Casa de Poços de Caldas. The patients admitted to Santa Casa de Poços de Caldas are residents of Santa Cruz das Palmeiras and Casa Branca. Three needed surgery. The other patients remain under observation, in stable health. The service was carried out by fire teams from Minas Gerais and São Paulo, the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) and other ambulances. Sixteen workers who were not injured were taken back home by a bus provided by the rural union of Vargem Grande do Sul (SP). See more news from the region on g1 Sul de Minas