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Rio de Janeiro was in mourning after five people were killed and 57 injured in the Brazilian city's worst-ever tram accident. A fire department official of Rio de Janeiro said three people died at the scene and two died at the hospital.
The tram, which had a maximum capacity of 44, derailed as it went into a turn. Officials are investigating what caused the streetcar to come off its tracks in the bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is host to the 2014 world cup and the 2016 Olympics. But the activists say, the city is slow in modernizing the tram network. The president of the local residents association stated that such a tragedy was inevitable, since Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro have not seen any investment funds till date.

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Around five people were found to be dead and many injured after a tram derailed in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The Trolley is a common tourist attraction in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the World Cup in 2014 and Olympics in 2016.
According to a fire department official of Rio de Janeiro, three people died on the spot and two in the hospital.
As per Julio Lopes, Rio de Janeiro state transportation secretary the streetcar system would mostly stop functioning until a proper investigation could be carried out to find out the reason why the streetcar came off its track.
Even Elzbieta Mitkiewicz, the President of Santa Teresa Resident Association in Rio de Janeiro complained that these streetcars were being neglected since long and were observed to be in horrible conditions.

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According to AAA and travel industry officials due to high Gasoline prices, increase in airfares and delay in public school reopening, the U.S travel is expected to go down by 2.4 percent as compared to last year.
As stated by Nancy Winn travel Agent with travel Leader/Spears, Labor Day has not been one of the major travel periods like other holidays and most of the clients are staying close to their homes.
Immense rise in fuel costs, along with steady air travel demand, has resulted increased airfares over the past three months. AAA estimates Labor Day airfares expected to be 13 percent higher than last year hence travel has become expensive overall due to the change in economic scenario across the States.