Three killed as bus carrying American football team crashes on way to match

Coritiba Crocodiles were travelling to play an American Football lucifer successful Rio de Janeiro erstwhile the autobus they were travelling successful crashed, starring to the deaths of 3 players

Three radical person been killed successful a horrific clang that saw a autobus carrying an American Football squad flip.

Coritiba Crocodiles were connected their mode to look Flamengo Imperadores successful Rio de Janeiro successful Brazil's D1 American Football championship erstwhile the devastating incidental occurred. Brazilian American Football Confederation reported the conveyance 'fell down the descent of the Serra das Araras, successful Pirai (RJ), astatine km 225 of the Presidente Dutra Highway'.

Daniel Cross, Lucas Padilha and Lucas Barros, skipper of Brazil's U20s nationalist team, were named arsenic victims of the clang with much injured. The lucifer was cancelled and a vigil was held successful tribute to the Crocodiles players.

Staff subordinate Felip Muniz paid tribute to those who passed away. Muniz wrote connected Instagram : "Lucas, Penguin, and Captain, inactive can't judge you're gone. Yesterday, unfortunately, was the time to accidental goodbye to 3 brothers.

"Our hearts are breached not to person you present with america anymore. You volition beryllium everlastingly remembered for the astonishing radical you were!

"Thank you truthful overmuch for giving maine the honour to unrecorded unsocial moments with you and cognize that we volition correspond you here, connected and disconnected the [grass]. We person your backmost from above! The entity definite is brighter today! I LOVE YOU BOTH!!"

Coritiba Crocodiles said successful a statement: "It is with heavy sadness and dismay that we corroborate the quality of the tragic mishap involving the autobus carrying our team, the Coritiba Crocodiles, connected the greeting of this Saturday (21/09), connected the mode to Rio de Janeiro. The mishap occurred astir 10am, connected the descent of Serra das Araras, successful Piraí (RJ), astatine the tallness of 225km. Three deaths were confirmed successful the bus, which was carrying 43 passengers.

"We are intimately pursuing the concern and giving the injured radical and their families the indispensable support.

"The squad was connected their mode to an important committedness against Flamengo Imperadores, for the Brazilian American Football Championship, successful a lucifer that volition instrumentality spot astatine 2pm astatine the Sports Club Anchieta. In the look of this tragedy, each of our efforts are focused connected supporting our squad members and their loved ones. Our hearts are grieving, and we inquire for everyone to nonstop your prayers and affirmative energy."

The CBFA expressed their condolences and called for the nationalist to respect the play of mourning that is present underway. They said: "The CBFA, connected behalf of the full Brazilian shot community, expresses its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, arsenic good arsenic the Coritiba Crocodiles team.

"We’re pursuing the developments intimately and offering each the enactment needed astatine this hard time. We inquire that everyone respect this play of mourning, and that authoritative accusation is awaited to debar the dispersed of rumors. We'll proceed to update arsenic caller accusation is confirmed."