Young man says motorcycle failure caused accident that killed girlfriend in Franca, SP Miguel Teodoro Nalini, 19, gave a statement to the police this Tuesday (14), three months after the accident that killed his girlfriend, Monique Silvestre Ramos, 15, in Franca (SP). According to him, the motorcycle he was riding presented a mechanical failure and he lost control of the steering on a curve, skidded and hit a metal fender. "I tried to brake, I tried to do everything there, but I couldn't. I don't know exactly what happened to it [the bike], because it all happened so fast. I didn't have much to react to." The accident happened in the early hours of March 23, in the São José neighborhood, central region of the city. Moments earlier, Miguel was caught on security cameras buying drinks at a convenience store, but he denied that he had been drinking. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp According to Miguel, he was with friends and, as he was one of the only ones on a motorbike, he went to an establishment to buy drinks for them. He didn't have a driver's license. "On that specific day, I was in a square with some friends. And then what they report is that I consumed alcohol, but no, I didn't. I went to get it for them. Because I was one of the only people who had a motorcycle there, so I had consumed alcohol." READ MORE 15-year-old teenager dies after motorcycle accident in Franca Young man bought alcohol before riding a motorbike without a driver's license and getting involved in an accident that killed the teenager Sought by EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, the young man's defense says there was no intent or intention to kill and states that Miguel was not drunk and the purchase of the drink, in itself, does not prove consumption before the accident. Monique Silvestre Ramos, aged 15, died after a motorcycle accident in Franca Personal archive Security cameras captured the moment Miguel crashed his motorcycle into a metal guardrail on Avenida Ismael Alonso y Alonso. With the impact, Monique was thrown and hit her head. She died instantly. Miguel, in turn, suffered minor injuries and was taken to a private hospital. He was hospitalized, but recovered, was discharged and is in good health. Initially, the case was registered as manslaughter while driving a motor vehicle, but the classification may be changed according to the progress of the Civil Police investigations, which are still ongoing. 'In my head, nothing had happened' Miguel revealed that when he discovered that his girlfriend had died, he was in shock, because he hadn't realized the severity of the accident. He said he doesn't remember how it all happened and woke up in the hospital, receiving medical attention. "I asked where she was, because, in my mind, nothing had happened. In my mind, it wasn't so fast, because I was alive. So, in my mind, it was a 'calm' accident. But she [the doctor] told me that a fatality had happened, that she died and that there was nothing I could do. Then I went into a state of shock, I started crying, I went into despair." Miguel Teodoro Nalini, 19 years old, gave a statement after his girlfriend died in an accident in Franca, SP Disclosure See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region