SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A protester taking part in a strike over rising freight costs died in southern Brazil on Saturday after a lorry ran him over at a blockade set up by the demonstrators, highway police and the federal government said.
The protest, now in its 11th day, was continuing in Brazil's southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, but has waned in other agricultural states. Highway police reported 38 roadblocks mounted by those on strike, down from 57 on Friday.
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