A month after a serious accident that killed a three-year-old child in the interior of Camboriu, on the north coast of Santa Catarina, the girl’s grandparents, Flavio Spricigo, 75, and Irene Spricigo, 68, died in hospital. The information was passed on by family friends.

An elderly couple died in hospital after an accident with an excavator in Camboriu – Photo: Reproduction / Internet

The couple hails from Pinhalzinho, in the west of Santa Catarina, where they founded Spricigo Cia. The commemoration takes place at the Vatican Crematorium in Balneario Camboriu this Wednesday (8) from 14:00 to 18:00.

Accident

The elderly were in a car with their granddaughters when they collided with an excavator at the Estrada Geral do Braço construction site in the interior of Camboriu municipality.

By the time help arrived, the 3-year-old was already dead. The other, 9 years old, was removed from the car by popular people, had minor abrasions. According to the fire department, people took her to the hospital.

Flavio was driving a car and stuck in the wreckage, with open fractures to his ankle and knee, unstable vital signs and a reduced level of consciousness. He was intubated and taken to the SAMU hospital in a serious condition, but could not stand it and died this week.

The passenger, Irene, had a broken leg and suspected fractures of one of her arms, ribs, and skull, as well as suspected internal bleeding. She was also taken to the hospital and died this week.