João Cardoso and Maynara Schio had tied the knot just weeks before they were killed in a collision with an alleged drunk driver in Brazil
Two young newlyweds have been killed in a horror crash with a suspected drink driver.
João Pedro Prudêncio Cardoso and Maynara França Schio were riding a Yamaha MT-03 motorbike in the early hours of the morning. They collided with a black Ford Ecosport driven by Dyonatha Chaves Oliveira, 36. He was allegedly over the drink and drive limit. The teen couple lost their lives at the roadside.
João, 19 and 18-year-old Maynara only got married on August 28. The teen newlyweds shared photos of the ceremony on social media with heartwarming captions. The accident took place on the PA-160 highway in Parauapebas in northern Brazil at around 1am on Sunday.
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After receiving hospital treatment, the suspect appeared in court the following day. He is charged with manslaughter aggravated by drunkenness, according to reports.
Prosecutors called for him to be held on preventive detention due to his allegedly being over the limit. The defence pointed out that he is a first-time offender, has a fixed residence, and a job contract.
In the end, Judge Juliana Lima Souto Augusto decided to set bail at £2,090 (BRL 15,000) His driver’s licence was seized, he will have to appear in court every month and is not allowed to leave the district without prior permission. The investigation into the teens’ deaths is ongoing.
It comes after a horror road collision involving five teenagers left a 17-year-old boy dead in the UK.
The blue Vauxhall Corsa was involved in a single vehicle collision on Monday night in a rural part of Lancashire. The fatal crash happened on Jackson Heights Road which links Darwen and Haslingden via Pickup Bank – a tiny hamlet – which is often used as a shortcut by motorists.
A huge emergency response was launched as police, paramedics and firefighters rushed to the scene at 8.39pm on Monday night. The male driver was sadly pronounced dead at the scene and four teenage passengers suffered minor injuries.
Police said the car crashed after it left the carriageway and ended up in an embankment. They added that the 17-year-old driver was found unresponsive at the wheel and the four other teens were rushed to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.