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Ten killed after car overturns into lake in Brazil

Five adults and five children died in the Barra Mansa crash, with police investigating how the vehicle entered the water.

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0:00The presenter reports ten deaths after a car overturned and entered a lake in Barra Mansa.
0:55Monteiro says a passing driver raised the alarm and more than 30 firefighters helped recover the bodies.
1:31Heavy rain and poor road lighting are mentioned as possible factors, not established causes.
2:24The bodies were taken to Volta Redonda's forensic medical institute; police are investigating the crash.
2:51A separate helicopter crash in Passos injured five wedding-bound occupants, reportedly in stable condition.

A passing driver spotted a vehicle in a lake and called for help, but all ten people inside were found dead, Brazil's CNN Brasil reports. The car had overturned and entered the water in Barra Mansa, in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro state, on Saturday night.

Reporting live from São Gonçalo, correspondent Rodrigo Monteiro says the victims were five adults and five children. More than 30 firefighters took part in recovering their bodies from the vehicle.

Monteiro reports that the victims were believed to be a family from nearby Volta Redonda. Their bodies were taken to the city's forensic medical institute, while police investigated the circumstances of the crash.

The correspondent mentions heavy rain and a lack of lighting on roads in the region as possible contributing factors. The report does not establish either as the cause, and it does not identify the vehicle's model or explain the sequence that led it into the lake.

The broadcast closes with a separate aviation accident in Minas Gerais state. The studio presenter reports that five people were injured when a helicopter carrying them to a wedding crashed in Passos. According to the firefighters cited in the broadcast, the injured occupants were in stable condition.