Sao Paulo, December 27: A woman's body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil's navy said on Friday that the body was found 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira 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. Police operating on the border of the northern states of Maranhao and Tocantins said four trucks, two cars and two motorcycles entered the river after a section of the bridge crumbled on Sunday. Brazil Bridge Collapse: Bridge Linking Estreito and Aguiarnopolis Collapses While Councillor Records Video, Tanker Filled With Sulfuric Acid Plunges Into Tocantins River; Terrifying Clip Surfaces.

The 533-metre (1,748-foot) -long bridge between the cities of Estreito and Aguiarnopolis was built in the 1960s. It is about 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) north of the capital, Brasilia.

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