The Spanish police release a new press release on the death of Diogo Jota and reveals what the results of the tests on the road accident have discovered. Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva died in a road accident in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Dealers of cars nearby, the Spanish police released a second declaration on the automotive accident in which the Liverpool star of the Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva lost their lives.
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The Portuguese national team and the younger brother died in a road accident in Zamora, in north -western Spain, early on Thursday morning while they were headed to Santander.
The local police confirmed that the car had an outbreak of tires during an overtaking and immediately caught fire; The emergency services found the death of the two brothers on the spot.
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“At 00:30 this morning, a road accident occurred at kilometer 65 of the A-52 motorway, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora”, reads the police press release.
A vehicle came out of the road and everything makes one think of an outburst of overtaking tires. As a result, the car caught fire and both people died.
After the funeral vigil, the two brothers were quickly buried during a ceremony attended by many teammates from Jota in Liverpool and Portugal, held on Saturday in his hometown of Gondomar, near Porto.
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The police continued to investigate the accident, but a second declaration of the Civil Guard was released on Tuesday afternoon.
Virgil Van Dijk and Andy Robertson participated in the funeral of Diogo Jota. Image: Getty
Although it was not confirmed, according to El Mundo the police said to believe that the tests collected indicate that Jota was probably the lamborghini driver and that he would potentially exceed the speed limit when the tire exploded.
“The expert’s report is still being developed and finalization,” said Guardia Civil, according to the AFP reported.
“Among other things, the agents of the Civil Guard of Zamora are studying the track left by one of the wheels of the vehicle.
“Everything also makes you think of a possible speed limit on that section of the highway.
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“The police report, once completed, will be presented at the Puebla de Sanabria court.”
El Mundo also hypothesized that the relatives of the brothers played a fundamental role in identifying who the driver was and who the passenger at the time of the tragic accident, since they identified the personal effects.
The definitive results of the case have not yet been disclosed since the investigations are in progress and it is not clear if they will be made public at this stage.
Jota, who scored 65 goals for Liverpool after his arrival in 2020, had recently married his childhood love, Rute Cardoso, mother of his three children.
He had published a video of his wedding a few hours before the accident.
Liverpool will play on Sunday his first game after the tragedy, when the team of Arne Slot will face the Preston in a friendly that will be broadcast on ITV.