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Relatives of victims of the accident that killed nine members of the rowing team of the social project Remar Para o Futuro hug each other at the club's headquarters, in the city of Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on Oct. 21, 2024. Diego Vara/Reuters
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.
