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Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for

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SAO PAULO (AP) — One more body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states on Brazil collapsed, lifting the death toll to nine. Brazil’s navy said Friday that the body of a woman was found 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the bridge. Another eight people remain unaccounted for. Several cars and trucks crossing the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge fell into the Tocantins River after a section of the bridge crumbled on Sunday.

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