The Civil Police investigates the causes of the accident that resulted in the Death of two family members of soccer coach Mano Menezes : The stepchildren of his daughter, Maria Sophia Dumoncel, 16, and Arthur Dumoncel, 9, on BR-293, in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, last Friday (16).
Among the fatalities is also a 42 -year -old man, identified as Maurício Moraes. Additional information indicates that, in addition to the deaths at the scene, a fourth victim died in the hospital.
Police delegate Laurence de Moraes Teixeira, director of the 12th Interior Regional Police Station, stated in a press release that the causes of the accident are still being cleared.
The criminal investigation will include the analysis of expert reports, hearing of the survivors and any witnesses. The police inquiry will be processed by the Santana do Livramento Police Station and will be sent to the judiciary.
The accident
According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the victims were in a Honda CR-V vehicle that left the track on BR-293, at km 303. The accident happened around 3:20 pm, according to the PRF. The car, with license plate of Dom Pedrito (RS), overturned and ended up in a forest area.
Two men were hospitalized and are in serious condition. A fifth victim was even rescued, But he did not resist and died in the hospital.
See images of the accident that killed two children from the family of Mano Menezes
Who are the victims of the accident
Maria and Arthur are children of Álvaro Dumoncel, married to Camila Menezes, daughter of Mano.
Alvaro, agriculture entrepreneur and owner of a cattle breeding farm with bro, did several posts on your social network with your children Maria Sophia, 16, and Arthur, 9 years old.
“After a week of Expointer, a weekend with my loves,” he wrote in a publication in September 2023. See below:
Maria and Arthur were veiled in the municipal chapel of Dom Pedritoand buried in the Santa Rita Cemetery, in the city of Santa Maria, this Saturday (17).
Mano, who is now a coach of Grêmio, was in São Paulo for a match between the team from Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo Futebol Clube, this Saturday (17), for the Brazilian Championship.
In a note released on social networks, Grêmio reported that the coach was dismissed from the concentration for the game and went back to Rio Grande do Sul.
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense comes public at this time of mourning to offer their condolences to coach Mano Menezes, his wife Maria Inês, his daughter Camilla Menezes, the son-in-law Álvaro Dumoncel and other family members for the death of Maria Sophia Dumoncel, 16, and Arthur Dumoncel, 9, in a traffic accident last Friday. The club extends solidarity to the mother of Maria Sophia and Arthur, Mirela Gomez da Costa.
The two victims are daughters of the son -in -law’s son -in -law. A 42 -year -old man also died in the accident.
Mano Menezes returns to Porto Alegre this afternoon to be close to the family. The assistant coach Sidnei Lobo leads the team in the game of the night, against Sao Paulo, and the assistant James Freitas is on his way to São Paulo to compose the coaching staff.
*Under supervision by Carolina Figueiredo
This content was originally published in police investigates an accident that killed family members of Mano Menezes on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil

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