A woman's body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states on Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body was found 6 kilometers (3.

A bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, sending cars and trucks plunging into the river below. A sulphuric acid spill is complicating the rescue operation.

Police operating on the border of the northern states of Maranhao and Tocantins said four trucks, two cars and two motorcycles fell into the river.View on euronews

Another eight people remain unaccounted for. Several cars and trucks plunged into the Tocantins River after a section of the 1,748-foot-long bridge crumbled on Sunday.