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Brazil: Last crater victim buried

SAO PAULO, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The seventh and final victim of a subway tunnel collapse in Sao Paulo was buried Friday, Agencia Estado reported.

The 58-year-year-old man was the last victim discovered from the Jan. 12 accident, which occurred while construction workers were digging a new subway line.

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An enormous crater opened up in a busy downtown Sao Paulo neighborhood, swallowing a minibus and pedestrians.

The hole -- reportedly 200 feet in diameter -- also swallowed three trucks on the construction site.

City officials have launched an investigation into the collapse.

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