5 killed in Brazil car crash

SAO PAULO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and several others injured on New Year's Eve in a multi-car crash in southern Brazil, local authorities said on Wednesday.

The accident occurred on a state highway near a town in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, said municipal police in Sao Miguel das Missoes.

Two of the vehicles collided head-on, killing two in one car and three in