An enormous rock dislodged from a scenic canyon in southern Brazil, smashing into three boats, killing a minimum of six folks and leaving 9 injured Saturday.
Within the horrific scene, captured on video, boaters scream as they watched a big slab of rock fall from a canyon onto boats cruising the lake close to Capitolio, a metropolis in Minas Gerais state.
Two of the boats have been instantly hit by the falling stone, however authorities have been capable of rescue 24 folks from these vessels, in response to Reuters. One other 20 persons are believed to be lacking.
At the very least one particular person was in severe situation with head and facial accidents, whereas others had damaged bones, in response to the report.
Rovilson Teixeira, who has labored as a information within the vacationer space for the final six years, mentioned he was shocked by the sight of the falling rocks. “We're fully shocked, and no one actually is aware of what number of victims are concerned,” he advised Brazilian reporters. “There is not only one, not simply two however in all probability many deaths. There are lots of people with accidents. The area is filled with ambulances which have come from different components of the state to assist the victims. Nobody is bound concerning the dimension of this tragedy.”
A spokesman for the Brazilian Navy mentioned they're opening an investigation into the accident.
The governor of Minas Gerais state mentioned in a press release that the accident was doubtless attributable to heavy rains within the space that dislodged the rocks. Authorities issued warnings for vacationers to keep away from waterfalls within the space simply hours earlier than the accident.
“We're struggling the ache of a tragedy in our state as a result of heavy rains that provoked the accident within the Furnas lake. Rescue staff are nonetheless on the scene, ” mentioned Minas Gerais governor Romeu Zema. “We're in solidarity with the households at this troublesome second.”
“We have now to consolation the households who're ready for our bodies to point out up,” mentioned Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro. “That is one thing we will do with the Navy and the Hearth Division in Minas Gerais.”
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