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Six people are dead and numerous injured after a Brazilian bus crashed on a bridge and fell 40 meters (130 feet). This happened in the city of Itaguai. Tourists may have been on board, but details are not all known yet.

Itaguaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population is 93,662, and its area is 272 km². The city was founded in 1688. Itaguaí is located 75 km west of the city of Rio de Janeiro on the road to Santo.

There are no details on how many were aboard or how the wreck happened.

In April, a similar incident killed seven people in central Rio when a bus ran off a viaduct after the driver was hit by passenger enraged after the driver skipped some stops.