The incident affected at least 15 people. According to the Globo TV channel, referring to the words of the rescue service employees, the accident occurred around midnight Kyiv time on the Copacabana waterfront in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

At this time on the embankment and bike path along it were a lot of people. An eyewitness claims that the car was moving at a very high speed. The chairs flew in all directions, we did not understand what was happening and that it was a car until they themselves saw. Also, we saw people lying on the ground, "said the man..

However, the driver who was behind the wheel of the car, already detained, he was 41-year-old Antonio de Almeida Anakim. He claims he suffered an epileptic fit.

Later, in his car, drugs were actually found from epilepsy.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the Australian city of Melbourne on Thursday morning, December 21, the car hit the pedestrians. According to preliminary data, 12 people were injured in the accident. In this case, several people are in serious condition.