12 university students killed when their bus and a truck collide in Brazil

A bus carrying university students and a truck collided on a highway in southeastern Brazil, killing 12 passengers and injuring 21 others. Officials said the truck driver, who was also injured, tried to flee the scene of the crash late Thursday night on a highway near the city of Nuporanga but was caught and hospitalized. He was later charged with attempting to flee the scene, involuntary homicide and bodily harm. All of the dead were students from the University of Franca. Local television stations broadcast images from the crash scene showing the bus, its left side completely destroyed. Three days of mourning have been declared in the state of Sao Paulo.