MADRID, SPAIN | Xinhua | Liverpool’s Portuguese international ahead Diogo Jota and his brother Andre died within the early hours of Thursday morning in a car accident in north-east Spain, in conserving with Spanish authorities.
The regional govt deputation of the province of Zamora, which is subsequent to Portugal, confirmed the guidelines with a verbal exchange on social media informing that “two formative years died in an accident on the A52 avenue at Palacios de Sanabria”, in conjunction with that the fire brigade had been on the scene of the accident and that the vehicle had caught fire, inflicting the flames to spread to the encircling vegetation.
The purpose for the accident remains to be unknown, but an early speculation is that a tire burst within the Lamborghini sports car the brothers had been travelling in, inflicting it to head off the avenue and burst into flames, killing each and every of the occupants at round 00:30 local time (22:30 GMT).
Jota had married his prolonged-term partner Rute Cardoso correct 10 days within the past on June 22 and the pair receive three itsy-bitsy adolescents.
The 28-year-light, who joined Liverpool from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2020, receive scored 65 targets in 182 appearances for the Premier League champions. He also scored 14 times in 49 video games for Portugal.
His 26-year-light brother modified into also a talented footballer, who played for Portuguese 2d division aspect Penafiel. ■
