A bus carrying evangelical Christians has plunged 1,300ft into a wooded ravine in Brazil after the driver reportedly lost control on a bend, killing at least 54 people.
Rescuers are continuing to search for bodies at the crash site in a mountainous area of Santa Catarina state.
The bus was on its way to a religious event in Parana state when it crashed six miles from the city of Joinville.
Witnesses said the driver appeared to lose control, and police said early indications were that the brakes had failed.
Eight children, 24 women and 14 men are among the dead recovered so far, according to officials. Ten people have been taken to hospital with severe injuries.
"There are people out there, on the hill, in the bus, trapped in the wreckage. But the chances of finding someone alive are pretty slim," state police Colonel Nelson Coelho said in a statement.
Several drivers stopped on the roadside to try to help victims as they waited for emergency services to arrive.
Weather and road conditions had been good at the time of the crash.
President Dilma Rousseff expressed her sympathy for the family and friends of the victims.
"In this hour of pain and suffering, I want to extend my sympathies to the families and friends who lost their loved ones," Rousseff said in a statement.
Some 43,000 Brazilians are killed in road accidents annually, and from 2002-2012, the accident rate surged by over 24%.
With the economy growing and the population topping 200 million, an estimated 10,000 new cars are added to Brazil's roads every day.
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