This beautiful young aspiring cop has been killed in an act of extreme road rage when the motorbike she and her boyfriend were riding scratched a car’s wing-mirror – and its driver then followed them and hit them with his vehicle.

Qualified lawyer Larissa Duarte Lima, aged 23, was killed in the incident that took place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on the morning of 24th August.

The pair were travelling at the same time because Larissa needed a lift to get to work and her boyfriend, William Castro, who lived nearby, owned a motorbike.

When the pair passed a car and accidentally clipped its wing-mirror, the driver, Antonio Gabriel, flew into a rage and started pursuing the pair with his vehicle.

He drove into the motorbike from behind, causing both William and Larissa to be knocked off onto the road, with witnesses later telling the police they believed the act was intentional.

Larissa died at the scene and William was rescued alive. The driver of the car, who was prevented from fleeing by witnesses, was arrested for homicide.

Larissa was buried at the Jardim da Saudade Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro at the end of this week. She was a qualified lawyer and had been studying to be a police officer.

Her cousin, Wallace Oliveira, told news site Extra: “The police and firemen told me it was premeditated because he said ‘I did hit and kill her’.

“He simply ended her life. She was a girl who just lived between her studies and her home. She didn’t like partying, she didn’t like going out. It leaves a hole that will never be filled.”