World Cup: Tamra Maiochi died after falling on a wine glass while celebrating Brazil's latest win

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Tamra Maiochi jumped to her feet as the final whistle blew and her country’s national team secured a crucial three points, but slipped and dropped her drink. The glass shattered just before the 30-year-old hit the ground, with shards penetrating her neck and severing the jugular vein, police in Sao Paulo said. Friends desperately tried to stop the bleeding by wrapping towels around the wound, but she died before paramedics arrived. Ms Maiochi had been watching Brazil play Serbia on Wednesday before she died.

After a slow start to the tournament which saw the South American team draw 1-1 with Switzerland in their first fixture, Brazil needed a win in their last match to progress to the knock out stages as group winners. Police said Ms Maiochi had been sitting on a sofa with her mobile phone in one hand and a wine glass in the other as the game against Serbia came to an end. As she stood up to celebrate the 2-0 win with the rest of the group, she lost her balance and reached out to a coffee table to stop herself from falling. But instead of steadying herself she slipped and fell onto the wine glass which she had already dropped.

Tamra Maiochi posted this picture to her Facebook account in May

Ms Maiochi had posted a picture on her Facebook page on May 31 of herself holding a glass of wine. In the last post written on the account, she had shared a video warning about the risks of using a mobile phone while driving, writing: "We never imagine that something like this can happen to us. But accidents do happen. "In my religion, spiritism, I believe that everything happens for a reason." The freak accident happened in Itatiba, in Brazil's southeastern state of Sao Paulo.

Ms Maiochi's funeral is scheduled to take place today (Friday)