12 injured after float crashes at Rio de Janeiro carnival

A float in Rio de Janeiro’s world famous carnival parade has crashed, injuring 12 people with at least one victim in a serious condition.

A float in Rio de Janeiro’s world famous carnival parade has crashed, injuring 12 people with at least one victim in a serious condition.

The incident involved the last float of the first samba school parading through Rio’s Sambadrome, but organisers carried on with the show.