Octogenarian dies in Vila Nova de Famalicão run over by his own carPhoto by ChiemSeherin on Pexels
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Octogenarian dies in Vila Nova de Famalicão run over by his own car

Diário de Aveiro8 September 2026 at 19:16

A man over 80 years old died this Wednesday in Vila Nova de Famalicão, in the Braga district. The elderly man was run over by his own vehicle, with death declared at the scene by the emergency services that responded to the incident. The circumstances of the accident have not yet been fully clarified, but it appears that the man was run over by the car he was driving. The competent authorities were alerted and initiated the usual procedures for this type of occurrence, including the investigation of the causes that led to the fatal accident.

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