Woman is cut in half and killed after Brazilian bus is hit by a train on a crossing, throwing the victim through a window and underneath rail carriage’s wheels
- You see the bus driving slowly along the tracks as the train races towards it
A woman was cut in half and killed when a bus was struck by a train at an intersection, throwing the victim through a window and under the wheels of the carriage.
Graphic footage of the bizarre accident in Brazil shows the bus driving slowly along the tracks as the train races towards it, unable to stop in time.
In Brasilia, the Brazilian capital, the train can be seen honking its horn seconds before crashing into the side of the bus, killing a woman and injuring five people.
The woman has been named as Julia de Albuquerque Violato, 37, and fire department officials said she was thrown from the bus and run over by the train.
In more shocking images of the aftermath, which MailOnline has decided not to show, her corpse can be seen on the ground next to the train, cut in half.
Graphic footage of the bizarre accident in Brazil shows the bus driving slowly along the tracks as the train races towards it, unable to stop in time
The woman’s name is Julia de Albuquerque Violato, 37, and fire department officials say she was thrown from the bus and run over by the train.
Other images show the aftermath of the crash, with the bus severely damaged at the rear and the woman’s lower body apparently cut in half as it lay on the tracks.
Four of the five injured are known.
Nildete Antunes Vitor, 58, suffered head injuries and fractures and Julio Botelho Fernandes, 28, suffered severe head trauma and was taken to hospital unconscious.
The two other victims named are Janderson Rodrigues da Costa, 47, who suffered abrasions to his face and arms, and Pedro Domiense Campos, 42, the bus driver, who suffered shock and a nervous breakdown.
Julia de Albuquerque Violato, 37, and her dog.
A fifth victim, a 19-year-old girl, was not named. She was taken to hospital, also in a state of shock, after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Julia’s mother, Ana Rosa, 72, said it was “not an accident, but a crime.” She accuses the bus driver of negligence.
The heartbroken woman told how her daughter had been taking clothes to a charity shop when the accident occurred.
Authorities have cordoned off the area and are investigating the crash.