Jota’s car probably speeding before fatal crash, say Spanish police

Jota’s car probably speeding before fatal crash, say Spanish police

According to the most recent evidence, Diogo Jota was probably speeding when his car hit a Spanish motorway, according to police.

The 28-year-old Liverpool player and his 25-year-old brother André Silva were killed early on Thursday when their Lamborghini car allegedly blew out on tyres in northwest Zamora province.

The car apparently was overtaking on the A52 near Palacios de Sanabria when it left the road and started to burn, according to Spain’s Guardia Civil police force at the time.

Police claimed they had examined the results of one of the Lamborghinis’ tires and that “all the tests conducted so far indicate that Diogo Jota was the driver of the crashed vehicle.”

The investigation into the accident is thought to have been made more complicated by the level of the fire, which almost completely destroyed the car, according to the experts’ report being prepared for the courts.

Jota and Rute Cardoso, Jota’s long-term partner, got married 11 days later in Portugal. The couple gave birth to three kids.

In order for Jota to return to Liverpool for pre-season training, the brothers had been departing Santander, Spain.

Over the weekend, their funeral took place in their hometown of Gondomar, close to Porto.

Tyre marks reportedly ascended 100 meters (330 feet) after impact.

Source: BBC

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