US EditionBrazil Bridge Collapse Kills Two, Halts Rescue Efforts Due to Acid Spill
- The bridge collapse resulted in two fatalities
- Rescue efforts were halted due to an acid spill
- Authorities indicated that the acid spill created hazardous conditions
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español The number of people killed by the collapse of a bridge between the states of Maranhão and Tocantins, in the north of Brazil, rose this Thursday to eight, reported the Brazilian State Agency. The structure collapsed on Sunday over the Tocantins River and, until the court of Tuesday, the authorities had a balance of four dead and 13 missing. Throughout Wednesday, the search and rescue brigades found two bodies a…
Collapsed bridge kills eight in Brazil
The Navy’s finding of two more bodies on Thursday, brought the number of confirmed fatalities to eight. There is no information on the identity of the last two victims found, as the remains have not yet been removed from the water. Besides the two fatalities, divers also found a truck loaded with sulfuric acid, a motorcycle and a pick-up truck submerged in the waters of the Tocantins river. At least eight vehicles, including cars, truck…
Rio de Janeiro.- The collapse of a bridge in northern Brazil, on Sunday, left eight dead and nine missing, the authorities of that country indicated this Thursday, following the discovery of four other bodies in the Tocantins River, where a major risk of contamination was ruled out.Two bodies were removed from the Tocantins River yesterday, while two others were located on Thursday, inside a submerged truck. “Access to the bodies is complicated,…
The collapse of a bridge in northern Brazil has left four dead and 13 people missing, according to a new assessment by the authorities, who also fear serious environmental damage due to the risk of sulfuric acid pollution of the adjacent river, AFP notes, as reported by Agerpres.
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