A young couple and their baby son died when their pickup slammed into the back of an enormous lorry trailer.
Bruno Bittencourt, 23, was behind the wheel when he collided with the rear of the HGV.
The multi-trailer truck was laden with sugarcane, as reported on Need To Know.
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Bruno, 17-year-old Bianca Gomes and three-month-old Anthony Gabriel were killed instantly.
The accident took place around 3am on Saturday (29 Jun).
Firefighters were called to the crash scene where they found the three bodies trapped in the wreckage of their VW Saveiro.
All they could do was extricate the corpses.
They handed them to the Forensic Medicine Institute to be autopsied and identified.
A chilling snap was taken at the scene on the GO-319 state highway in Goiatuba, south west of Brasilia, Brazil.
It shows how the front of the family’s pickup had been crushed like a tin can.
At the time of reporting, it was not clear what had caused the crash.
The incident remains under investigation.
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