LONDON, United Kingdom, Jul 8 – All the proof thus far suggests Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota was driving when his automotive crashed on a Spanish motorway, and he was possible rushing, say police.
The 28-year-old Liverpool participant was killed along with his brother André Silva, 25, when their Lamborghini automotive had a suspected tyre blowout in northwestern Zamora province early final Thursday.
Spain’s Guardia Civil police power stated on the time the automotive had apparently been overtaking on the A52 motorway close to Palacios de Sanabria when it left the street and burst into flames.
“Everything additionally factors to a attainable extreme pace past the pace restrict of the street [highway],” stated Zamora’s native site visitors police.
Police stated that they had studied the marks left by one of many Lamborghini’s tyres and that “all of the exams carried out thus far point out that the driving force of the crashed car was Diogo Jota”.
The knowledgeable report is being ready for the courts on the accident, and their investigation is known to have been made extra advanced by the depth of the hearth that nearly fully destroyed the automotive.
The accident occurred 11 days after Jota had married his long-term companion Rute Cardoso in Portugal. The couple had three kids.
The brothers had been heading to the Spanish port of Santander so Jota may return to Liverpool for pre-season coaching.
Their funeral happened of their hometown of Gondomar, close to Porto on the weekend.
Tyre marks had been reportedly seen about 100m (330ft) from the second of influence.
Although there had been solutions that the asphalt on the street was uneven the place the crash happened, police advised Spanish media it was not an accident “black spot” and the street ought to have been driveable past the pace restrict of 120km/h (75mph).
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