In brief
In the early hours of Nov. 8, a vehicle overturned and sank in a lake in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, killing ten passengers, four of them children, local police reported. The incident occurred on a poorly lit stretch of road lacking surveillance cameras. Authorities are investigating the exact cause, which remains unconfirmed.
In the early hours of Nov. 8, a vehicle plunged into a lake in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, killing ten passengers, four of them children, local police reported.
According to the Xinhua report, a passerby spotted the overturned car in the lake and alerted authorities. Firefighters recovered ten bodies from the water, all of whom had been traveling in the same vehicle.
Police said the accident was believed to have occurred at a poorly lit stretch of road with no public lighting and no nearby surveillance cameras, according to Xinhua.
Unconfirmed: The exact cause of the accident remains under investigation.