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Portuguese Republican Guard Probes Hire-Car Crash That Killed British Family and Local Driver

Identities of the Serrano family have been confirmed, ending Mourao’s municipal mourning to make way for tributes from their Thetford community.

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Overview

  • The GNR is investigating a 1:40 am head-on collision on the IP2 near Castro Verde that left six people dead, including the Serrano family and another motorist.
  • Mourao authorities confirmed the victims as Domingos Serrano, 55; Maria Serrano, 51; and their twin sons Domingos and Afonso, both 20, before concluding two days of municipal mourning.
  • The siblings’ 19-year-old girlfriend and 26-year-old Portuguese driver Ruben Goncalves of Almodovar also died when the Nissan Juke burst into flames after the crash.
  • The Serrano family had rented the Nissan Juke at Faro Airport just hours earlier while travelling north from the Algarve to visit their ancestral home in Mourao.
  • Thetford Town Youth FC and residents in both Portugal and the UK have paid tribute to the twins, highlighting the cross-border impact of the tragedy.