Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to nine, with eight people still missing

The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge collapsed into the Tocantins River in Estreito, Maranhao state, Brazil (Marinho Drones/AP)

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 six kilometres (3.7 miles) from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge. Another eight people remain unaccounted for.