Car plunges into lake in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, killing ten people, including four children
The vehicle was found upside down in the water early Sunday; the Civil Police logged the case as drowning, with an initial suspicion of an accident.
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Ten people died after a car fell into a lake early this Sunday (8) in Barra Mansa, in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro state, g1 reported. The accident happened on Estrada Fazenda Santa Catarina, in the Ataulfo de Paiva area.
According to the Military Police, the dead include a baby girl, a girl, two boys, four women and two men. As of the report's latest update, none of the victims had been officially identified, a task being handled by the Civil Police.
According to the Military Police, the alarm was raised by a passerby who saw the vehicle upside down in the lake. The person could not say how long the car had been in the water. Firefighters recovered the ten bodies.
After a forensic examination at the scene, the bodies were taken to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) in Volta Redonda for autopsies. Officers also found and seized an identity card and a voter registration card, which will be analyzed as part of the investigation.
The Civil Police said the stretch has no lighting and that no visible security cameras were identified nearby. The case was registered at the Barra Mansa police station as death by drowning, with an initial suspicion of an accident, and the circumstances that led the car into the lake will still be investigated.