The accident took place at around 2:30pm on Saturday March 17, 2012 at kilometer 395 of BR-040 highway, near the city of Felixlândia, region of Central do Estado, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. People in the bus were employees of a company called Ipatinga. The bus collided with a tractor trailer carrying a large steel pipe. At least 15 people died.