Brazilian dentist dies after horse fell on her during training session

Brazilian dentist Lidia Pires, 32, dies after horse falls on top of her during training for upcoming equestrian event

• Lídia Pires died in a riding accident at a stud farm in Lago Oeste, Brazil, Sunday
• The 32-year-old was practicing for an upcoming equestrian event but lost her balance and fell to the ground before the horse came down on top of her
• Pires was married to a police officer and lived in the Brazilian capital city of Brasilia, where she ran her own cosmetic dentistry office 

A dentist has been killed in a riding accident while training for an upcoming equestrian event in Brazil.

Lídia Pires, 32, was performing a practice run at a stud farm when she pulled the horse’s reins too hard and lost her balance. She crashed to the ground and the horse fell on top of her, witnesses said.

Pires went into cardiac arrest as she was being rushed to the local hospital in the town of Lago Oeste, 14 miles outside Brasilia.

The driver flagged down a firetruck and firefighters attempted to revive her but declared her dead at the scene.

She leaves behind her police officer husband who was taken to hospital after learning the news. Pires’ death comes just five months after her mother died.

Brazilian dentist, Lídia Pires, was killed in a horseback riding accident on Sunday. The 32-year-old was practicing for an upcoming equestrian event when she lost her balance and fell before the horse fell on top of her

Lídia Pires went into cardiac arrest and was declared dead by firefighters before she could reach a local hospital

She had been slated to compete in a horse riding championship next week, her brother, David Pires revealed on social media.

‘She did equestrian, her sport,’ David Pires said. ‘This morning she went to train and, unfortunately, the horse fell on top of her and it was fatal.’

Her husband, Ricardo Lourenço, fell ill upon learning of her death and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

‘My cousin was happy, she transmitted joy, positive messages, from a Christian family,’ her cousin, Caleb Rocha told local outlet G1.

‘We still can’t believe everything that’s happening.

Lídia Pires was married to police officer Ricardo Lourenço and lived in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, where ran her own dentistry office

Lídia Pires operated her own cosmetic dentistry office in the Brazilian capital city of Brasilia

Lídia Pires ran her own cosmetic dentistry office in Brasilia, where she and her husband had been living since 2020.

Her tragic death comes after her mother’s passing in May.

‘How difficult it will be to overcome. It’s been five months since God took mom, and now, you,’ David Pires said.

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