Bus with rural workers overturns and leaves two dead in the interior of SP Two women 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). The vehicle was heading to an onion farm in Poços de Caldas (MG). The identities of the victims have not yet been released. ? Follow g1 São Carlos and Araraquara on Instagram 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 vehicle's brakes. At least 27 people were injured, eight in serious condition, and were taken to hospitals in Águas da Prata, São João da Boa Vista (SP) and Poços de Caldas. 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 two dead and several injured between Poços de Caldas and São Roque da Fartura EPTV Reproduction 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 collapsing The accident Accident with rural workers' bus in the mountains between MG and SP leaves dead João Daniel Alves/EPTV The accident happened around 6:30 am, on a mountainous stretch of the Deputado Januário Mantelli Neto Highway (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. "I thought about throwing it at the guardrail to see if it would lessen 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 any 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). REVIEW EPTV VIDEOS: See more news from the region on g1 São Carlos and Araraquara