Father intervenes after children release truck handbrake in Brazil

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On January 17, 2026, a security camera on a farm in Francisco Beltrão, Paraná, captured a near-miss incident involving Willian Furlan and his six-year-old twin sons, Joaquim and Benjamin. Furlan, a local dentist, had parked his pickup truck on a slope and briefly stepped away to retrieve an item from a nearby shed. While he was away, the children remained inside the vehicle and accidentally released the handbrake. As the truck began to roll backward down the slope, the children managed to jump out of the moving vehicle. Furlan, noticing the movement, ran toward the truck and entered it while it was still in motion. He managed to steer the vehicle until it crashed into an embankment. Following the impact, Furlan immediately exited the truck to embrace his children. The incident was widely discussed following the emergence of the security footage in February 2026, with local media outlets, including G1 and Record TV, reporting on the event. The father's calm reaction and his focus on comforting his sons were highlighted in the subsequent coverage.