9 Dead as Van Carrying Rowing Team Collides With Truck in Brazil

Nine people died when the van they were traveling in collided with a truck in southern Brazil late on Sunday, local authorities said. Seven of the victims were teenage members of a rowing team from Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul state, who were traveling back from a competition in Sao Paulo when the crash happened in Guaratuba, Parana state. According to Brazil’s federal highway police, only one of the van’s 10 occupants—a 17-year-old rower—survived. The truck driver, a 30-year-old-man, had minor injuries, they added. Police said the truck failed to brake and collided with the rear of the van, which was thrown forward and crashed into the rear of a car driven by a man, who was not injured....