Brazilian schoolgirl Fernanda Pacheco is killed after pole struck her head as she leaned out of her bus window to wave to her friends

A 13-year-old was killed in a terrifying bus accident after she stuck her head out of the window and struck a pole.

Fernanda Pacheco was on her way home from school on a public transportation bus when the tragic accident took place last Wednesday in the Rio de Janeiro city of Nova Friburgo.

Witnesses said Pacheco was sitting on the last row of bus no. 491 when she peeped her head through the window on the left side as the vehicle was moving, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.

The bus was traveling along a narrow, two-way street on Luis Catarcione Road and attempted to swerve away from cars that were parked on the right side as the schoolgirl attempted to wave at her classmates on a sidewalk.

Fernanda Pacheco died in a tragic accident last Wednesday after her stuck her head out of a moving bus’ window and struck a street pole in the Rio de Janeiro city of Nova Friburgo

Witnesses said the 13-year-old student sat on the last row of the public transportation bus when she peered her head out of the vehicle to greet her school friends and hit a street pole in Brazil last Wednesday. The teenager was declared dead on the scene by the fire department

Passengers on the bus immediately shouted at the driver, who stopped the bus and alerted authorities.

The fire department responded to an emergency call and declared Pacheco dead on the scene.

Pacheco was laid to rest following a private funeral service Thursday.

The Rio de Janeiro Ministry of Education lamented Pacheco’s death.

Fernanda Pacheco was a student at the Professor Carlos Côrtes State School

Rio de Janeiro authorities gather near the bus 13-year-old student Fernanda Pacheco was traveling on when she stuck her head out of the moving vehicle and hit a pole on a street

‘The Secretary of State for Education deeply regrets the accident that occurred with a student from the Professor Carlos Côrtes State School, in the Catarcione neighborhood, in Nova Friburgo, on Wednesday, during her trip back home,’ it said in a statement.

Classes at the Professor Carlos Côrtes State School were suspended for two days and resumed Monday. 

‘We deeply regret the unexpected and tragic situation, reiterating that all the company’s support teams are mobilized and committed to minimizing the inevitable inconvenience,” the bus operator, Nova Faol, said in a statement.

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