‘Vehicle skidded and fell into the lake’: police chief talks about accident that killed family in Barra Mansa

The chief deputy at the Barra Mansa police station explained that the weather conditions may have contributed to the accident that killed ten people from the same family in the early hours of Saturday (7), in a rural area of ​​the municipality. According to him, the first traces indicate that the vehicle skidded because of the rain, overturned and fell into a lake.

In the video released to TV Rio Sul, the police chief detailed the actions of the police team from the first moments of the incident.

“In the early hours of this Saturday, police officers from the 90th DP were called to the scene of a sad accident in the rural area of ​​Barra Mansa, in which a vehicle containing 10 members of the same family ended up overturning and falling into a stream,” he said.

According to the report of the incident, the Fire Department removed ten fatal victims from the car: a five-month-old baby, three children, three young people and four adults.

The victims were identified as:

Ricardo de Souza Moraes, 46 years old

Fernanda Siqueira Martins, 44 years old

Gabriel Vitor Carola Paixao, 29 years old

Kamilla Siqueira Martins Moraes, 29 years old

Kaylane de Souza Moraes Pires, 20 years old

Luanna Fernanda Siqueira Martins Moraes, 16 years old

Maria Fernanda Moraes Carola, 9 years old

Arthur Gabriel Moraes Carola, 7 years old

Kauan Lucca Siqueira Martins Moraes, 2 years old

Maya Gabriela Moraes Carola, 5 months

When talking about the dynamics of the accident, the delegate explained that the team was on site during the early hours of the morning to monitor the forensic work and gather information.

“As soon as we became aware of this fact, we worked at the site during the early hours of the morning to understand the dynamics a little better and we found, following the on-site inspection, that due to the bad weather, due to the rain, the vehicle probably skidded and ended up tipping over into the lake”, he highlighted.

After procedures at the Legal Medical Institute (IML), the bodies were released for burial. The investigation continues to conclude the investigation.