By Pura Vida Correspondent
The football world is in shock following news breaking of the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota in a car crash in the early hours of Thursday.
A statement from local security forces, Guarda Civil, confirmed that the 28-year-old star and his brother André Silva were killed when their Lamborghini’s tyre burst as they were overtaking with the car bursting into flames.
“The information we have so far is that the car, which was a Lamborghini, was in a road traffic accident and left the road due to a tyre blowout while overtaking,” Guarda Civil announced.
“It was in the early hours, 00:30 BST, in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora. The car caught on fire and the two occupants were killed.”
Jota had recently married his long-time partner Rute Cardoso two weeks ago on June 22 and the couple had three children together.
He was a key part of the Liverpool side that won the Premier League last season.
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