SAO PAULO — Rescue workers on Friday recovered the body of a 25-year-old man crushed beneath tons of concrete and steel of an unfinished overpass that collapsed in the World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, bring the death toll to two, officials said.
Rescue workers reached a small passenger car that was flattened by the collapsed overpass and retrieved the body of Charlys do Nascimento. No one else was in the car.
Officials had already assumed at least one person had died in the car in addition to a bus driver whose body was recovered earlier. Twenty-two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Thursday’s accident.
No one was inside the two trucks trapped underneath the rubble, a City Hall press officer said. The press officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of internal regulations, said inspectors were trying to determine what caused the overpass to fall.
Marcio Lacerda, mayor of Belo Horizonte, told reporters it was premature to talk about causes. ‘‘We don’t know if it was the project or the construction that was flawed.’’ he said.
The overpass collapsed about 3 miles from Mineirao stadium, which is the site of a semifinal match Tuesday.
The collapse has been an embarrassment for the country, which has been basking in praise for what has mostly been a smoothly running soccer tournament.