Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota dies in road accident
Multiple media reports suggest the star footballer and his brother were involved in an accident in the city of Zamora in northwestern Spain.
'Two young people die in an accident on the A-52 (Palacios de Sanabria). The Rionegro del Puente Fire Station (Northern Zone of the @DiputacionZA Consortium) responds,' Zamora's Provincial Council said in a statement, according to a report in Marca—a Spanish daily sports newspaper.
Further details are awaited as the football world reacts with shock and grief.
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