Brazil's Navy finds the body of the 13th victim of a river bridge collapse; 4 are still missing Brazil’s Navy said on Friday that it has found the body of the 13th victim from a bridge collapse last month in the country's north.
Police operating on the border of the two states, Maranhao and Tocantins, have said that four trucks, two cars and two motorcycles plunged into the river when the bridge collapsed.
There has been no word as to why the bridge collapsed, though an investigation was underway, police and Brazil’s road department have said.
A section of the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge linking two northern states crumbled on Dec. 22.
The body, which is still to be identified, was found by drones in the depths of the Tocantins River.
