A couple and their four-year-old son were killed in a New Year’s Eve trip horror crash.
Wider Carlos Lopes da Silva, 37, his partner Jéssica Iorrana Ferreira Mendes, 33, and their boy, Arthur Ferreira Lopes, were killed instantly.
Two other people also died in the smash, including the pair’s nephew.
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They were travelling to the coast to welcome 2026 on the beach when tragedy struck.
The smash happened at 5.29am on Sunday (28 Dec) after a Volkswagen T-Cross collided head-on into the family’s Volkswagen Voyage.
The impact was so violent that the engines of both cars were ripped from their mountings.
Their nephew, João Lucas Lopes de Souza, nine, was rushed to a local hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
Dentistry student and entrepreneur Geovanna Vitória Gomes Pereira, 22, who was sitting in the back seat of the T-Cross, was rescued but died shortly after reaching the hospital from multiple traumatic injuries.
Her parents and boyfriend, Layslan Victor, were pulled from the wreckage in serious condition on the BR-040 highway in Paracatu, Brazil, and taken to the hospital.
Layslan has since been transferred to a medical facility in Brasília to undergo surgery, as reported by Need To Know.
Investigators are now examining the cause of the smash.
Wider, Jéssica – who worked in steel sales – and the children had set off from Aparecida de Goiânia.
They were bound for the beaches of Bahia state, a journey of more than 21 hours by car.
The holiday had already been booked and paid for, but the family had reportedly considered cancelling after one of Jéssica’s nieces died from pneumonia last week.
The family will be laid to rest in their hometown.
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