Spanish Authorities have shared how Liverpool and Portuguese player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre lost their lives.
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Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, a player for Portuguese 2nd division side Penafiel, were in a Lamborghini when it veered off the A-52 road close to Valladolid.
The supercar, according to Marca, crashed and then burst into flames with the brothers trapped in the car in the early hours of Thursday morning.
“The 1-1-2 Castilla y León operations room received several calls reporting a vehicle accident at Km. 65 of the A-52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. A car was reported to have been involved in an accident, and the vehicle was on fire,’ a statement read.
1-1-2 notified the Zamora Traffic Police, the Zamora Provincial Council Fire Brigade, and the Sacyl Emergency Coordination Center (CCU) of this accident.
From there, a Medical Emergency Unit (UME) and the Primary Care Medical Staff (MAP) from the Mombuey Health Center were sent, who confirmed the death of two people on the scene,” a joint statement by emergency services in the Castilla and Leon in Spain.
His death was confirmed by Pedro Proenca, head of the Portuguese Football Federation, two weeks after wedding his long-term girlfriend Rute Cardoso.
