Ten people were killed after a car plunged into a lake in Barra Mansa in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, local police said Sunday, Xinhua reports.
According to police, a passerby spotted the overturned vehicle in the lake and reported to authorities. Firefighters recovered 10 bodies from the water, including four children, all of whom had been traveling in the same vehicle.
Police said the accident was believed to have occurred in the wee hours, adding the stretch of road has no public lighting, and no nearby surveillance cameras were identified. The exact cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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