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| Rio de Janeiro cycleway collapses, leaving five missing | Rio de Janeiro cycleway collapses, leaving five missing |
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| Five people are missing after part of a cycleway built ahead of Rio Olympics collapsed into the sea, Brazilian media report. | Five people are missing after part of a cycleway built ahead of Rio Olympics collapsed into the sea, Brazilian media report. |
| Some of the reports say two people have died but this is yet to be confirmed. | |
| The elevated bicycle follows the Atlantic coast and was one of many projects built in the run-up to this summer's Olympic games. | |
| No sporting events were planned for the bike lane, which opened earlier this year. | |
| The collapse happened late morning local time, reports say, with about 50m of the pathway crumbling into the shoreline. | |
| A witness, Ademir Guedes, told the O Globo newspaper (in Portuguese) he was cycling along the route before being alerted to the danger. | |
| "I thought he was joking. I never imagined a newly built bike path would collapse. I went slowly to the edge of the cliff. Then drivers started shouting at me warning of the risk." | |
| It is not clear yet why the lane collapsed. |