A couple died after their car plunged off a 400m cliff while they were reportedly having sex.
Adriana Machado Ribeiro and Marcone da Silva Cardoso had gone to a party with Marcone’s brother and his girlfriend on Sunday (3 Aug) night.
After dropping the other couple home, Adriana, 42, and Marcone, 26, drove to a hang-gliding launch ramp, where they stopped to be intimate inside the car.
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Police believe the vehicle fell over the cliff edge on Monday (4 Aug) at around 1am.
About 100 metres into the fall — before the car hit the ground — Adriana and Marcone were ejected from the vehicle, likely after it struck a rock.
The car continued tumbling for another 300 metres before coming to rest, completely wrecked.
The couple were found naked, not far from the mangled wreckage in Venda Nova do Imigrante, south-eastern Brazil.
Police officer Alberto Roque Peres, who is leading the investigation, said there is no evidence of foul play so far.
“There were no signs of violence at the scene or on the bodies, and the car’s handbrake was engaged,” he told local media.
Investigators suspect the couple’s movements inside the parked vehicle caused it to shift and go over the cliff edge.
The car was found on private property around 7am. by a caretaker clearing the land, as reported by Need To Know.
“Residents reported hearing a loud noise between 1:30am and 2am., but because it was dark and the vegetation was thick, no one saw anything at the time,” Peres added.
Marcone’s body was discovered at the base of the cliff, while firefighters had to traverse steep terrain to recover Adriana’s.
The couple had been together for about six months.
Family and friends describe their relationship as healthy, with no reports of fights or violence.
Neither had a criminal record, according to police.
Marcone was originally from Belo Horizonte and had been living in Venda Nova do Imigrante for a short time, working as a machine operator.
Adriana was a local who had spent 16 years working at her mother’s bakery.
She leaves behind a son and a daughter from a previous relationship.
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