A FAMILY including two young daughters have tragically died in a horror car crash while driving home for Christmas.
Lucas Celestino Reis, 40, and her wife Jéssica Silva da Hora, 35, had been looking forward to their youngest daughter meeting the rest of the family for the first time.
They were travelling in one car with their daughters – Ana, eight, and Ísis, three – and Jéssica’s 19-year-old niece, Rayane Rebouças da Hora.
Rayane’s father was driving a second car with other family members.
Both vehicles had set off from Nova Serrana, south-eastern Brazilin the early hours of Friday last week.
Shortly into the journey to Ibicuí, north-eastern Brazil, the second car lost sight of the first.
Rayane’s father turned back, thinking they might have returned home, but found no trace of them and alerted the police.
Hours later, cops found the first car upside down in a stream beside the motorway.
The entire family was found dead inside the motor.
Police believe Lucas lost control of his car, causing the vehicle to cross the road, hit an embankment and land in the stream.
Parts of the car were submerged when it was found.
Lucas’s sister, Lucimar, told local media: “He was coming so we could meet his little daughter, whom we never even got to know.
“It was meant to be a Christmas full of joy. The whole family was waiting for him, with everything prepared. And then we received the bodies.”
The victims were laid to rest in Ibicuí on Sunday.
It comes after six people have tragically been killed in a horror car crash on Christmas Eve.
The accident occurred early in the morning when two cars – a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Kuga – collided head-on, leaving one of the motors up in flames.
There were five people in the VW at the time of the accident, and one driver in the Ford Kuga.
All of them died in the fatal crash, which took place in Poland.
Authorities said: “Six people were involced the crash. Unfortunately, all died at the scene.
“Services are working at the site under the supervision of the Brest prosecutor’s office.”
It comes after six people died in a horror fireball car crash next to the US Embassy in Lisbon.
All of the victims were killed inside the flaming wreckage after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The BMW driver had veered off the road after becoming “distracted” at the wheel, according to local reports.
Moments later, the car reportedly smashed into a barrier and was set on fire within seconds.