Sao Paulo, Mar 31 (UNI) Five people were killed and an infant was injured early Sunday morning when their car collided head-on with a truck in south Brazil's Parana state, the local fire department reported.

According to the truck driver, the car had crossed into the opposite lane before crashing into his vehicle at a curve on the BR-373 Highway in the municipality of Chopinzinho.

Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found the one-year-old infant crying in the arms of her mother, who had died on the spot. The baby girl, who sustained minor injuries, was rushed to a hospital in the neighboring city of Pato Branco.

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