4 killed in head-on vehicle collision in southeastern Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Four members of the same family were killed early Wednesday when their car was struck head-on by a car-hauler truck on a federal highway in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, police said.

The crash occurred on the BR-040 highway near the municipality of Joao Pinheiro in northwestern Minas Gerais, according to the Federal Highway Police.

Police said the truck w