RIO DE JANEIRO: A car plowed into a crowd on Rio de Janeiro's tourist-packed Copacabana seaside promenade on Thursday (Friday in Manila), killing a baby and injuring 17 people, authorities said, with the driver telling investigators he suffered a seizure.

The black car, its windshield shattered and the front caved in, came to rest on the beach where some of the injured were frantically being treated.

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