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The Guardian
08-07-2025
- The Guardian
Spanish police believe Diogo Jota was speeding when he and his brother died
Spanish police believe the Liverpool player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother died in a car crash last week. Spain's Civil Guard said on Tuesday that while its investigation into the cause of the crash last Thursday was continuing, it believed Jota was driving too fast when the Lamborghini veered off course after a tyre burst. Previously, the police had not said whether Jota or his brother André Silva was driving. On Tuesday they said that it appeared Jota was. A spokesperson said: 'The expert report is being carried out and finished, where among other things they are studying the marks [tread] left by one of the wheels of the vehicle. Everything also points to a possible high excess of speed over the permitted speed of the road. All the tests carried out for the moment point to the fact that the driver of the vehicle was Diogo Jota.' The report will be handed to the court in the town of Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora. The siblings died in the car when it burst into flames on an isolated section of highway early in the morning. Portuguese media reported Jota was heading to the northern Spanish city of Santander to take a ferry to England where he would rejoin Liverpool after being advised not to fly following a recent lung procedure. Their funeral was held in Portugal on Saturday.
Al Arabiya
08-07-2025
- Al Arabiya
Diogo Jota Was Driving Above The Speed Limit When He Crashed, Spanish Police Believe
Spanish police believe Liverpool player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother died in a car crash last week. Spain's Civil Guard said on Tuesday that while their investigation into the cause of the crash last Thursday continues, they believe Jota was driving too fast when the Lamborghini veered off course after a tire burst. Previously the police had not said if Jota or his brother André Silva were driving. On Tuesday they said that it appeared Jota was. The siblings died in the car when it burst into flames on an isolated section of highway early in the morning. Portuguese media reported Jota was heading to the northern Spanish city of Santander to take a ferry to England where he would rejoin Liverpool after being advised not to fly following a recent lung procedure. Their funeral was held in Portugal on Saturday.
Sky News
08-07-2025
- Sky News
Diogo Jota was driving at time of crash that killed him and his brother, Spanish police believe
Spanish police say "all the evidence so far" shows Diogo Jota was driving the vehicle which crashed last week, killing the Liverpool footballer and his brother. Authorities said they also believe evidence is pointing towards the vehicle "significantly exceeding the speed limit for the highway". The accident happened at 12.30am local time on Thursday (11.30pm Wednesday BST) on the A-52 motorway in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. The report is being prepared and finalised. "Among other things, the marks left by one of the vehicle's wheels are being examined," the statement from the Civil Guard in Zamora added. Authorities said the report is not yet complete would "be submitted to the Puebla de Sanabria court". The 28-year-old Portuguese forward died in the accident in northwestern Spain. His brother, Andre Silva, was also killed in the crash on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria, heading towards Benavente. Please refresh the page for the latest version.
Times
04-07-2025
- Automotive
- Times
Road where Diogo Jota died ‘very dangerous' and full of potholes
The Spanish highway on which Diogo Jota died was fraught with hazards and the subject of scores of complaints by local residents. The stretch of A-52 motorway, where the Liverpool striker's Lamborghini careered off the road after blowing a tyre, generated more than 40 complaints over its poor condition in just one month last year. • Diogo Jota, Liverpool footballer, dies in car accident aged 28 Potholes were reportedly worse on a section of road only miles from the crash site. The Spanish ministry of transport, which is responsible for maintaining the road, launched urgent roadworks after receiving a string of complaints about its condition, according to the local newspaper La Opinion de Zamora. One motorist told the authorities that 'material damage' had been caused by accidents involving a vehicle carrying a Spanish family, about three miles from the site of Jota's fatal crash on Thursday. Wild deer are also known to roam freely near the motorway. Two of the animals were spotted standing on a side road about half a mile away from the crash site last night. • Diogo Jota's death resonates so powerfully because of the joy he gave Spanish police are continuing their investigations into the cause of the death of Jota, 28, and his brother, André Silva, 25. The brothers were driving the hired £210,000 Lamborghini Huracan on route to the northern Spanish port of Santander, when they crashed in the early hours of Thursday morning. Their progress would have been slowed by at least ten miles of roadworks on the A-52, with sections of the highway coned off to a single lane. The crash happened in the tiny municipality of Cernadilla, which is home to only about 100 people. A town hall official told local press on Thursday: 'The news here has hit us like a ton of bricks. It seems that in the small municipalities tragedies like these always have to happen.' He also described the A-52 highway as 'very dangerous'. Town hall sources said: 'As it passes through Cernadilla it is full of bends. Exceeding the speed limit or poor visibility at night are often the cause of accidents in these areas. 'Today it was two famous footballers, who had a great career ahead of them, but perhaps tomorrow the victims will be two more anonymous people.'
Daily Mail
16-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Fairground trampoline horror as girl, two, dies after bouncing into electrified fence
A two-year-old Spanish girl has died and three other children left injured after bouncing into an electrified fence while on a local fairground trampoline. The young children are believed to have accidentally touched or brushed against a metal mesh fence that surrounded the trampoline and had an unearthed electric current running through it. Paramedics in the small village of Alquerías, near the city of Murcia in southern Spain, were called to the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning following reports of several injuries. Despite desperate attempts to resuscitate the two-year-old for up to an hour, she was tragically declared dead following the fatal electric shock. Following the devastating incident, local witnesses said that the girl, who is unnamed, had been found unconscious and bleeding from her nose. Meanwhile, an eight-year-old girl and two boys aged 11 and 12, also suffered electric shocks, but are said to be recovering. One 29-year-old woman was also treated for an anxiety attack after witnessing the incident. Spain's Civil Guard police sealed off the fairground and said they have now opened an investigation into negligence and involuntary manslaughter. The ongoing investigation will seek to determine whether the attraction was safely connected to the electrical network. Following the tragic incident, Murcia City Council declared three days of official mourning and have also suspended all planned festival events. In 2022, eight-year-old Cayetana, and Vera, aged four, both died after a bouncy castle was blown into the air at a local fairground in the Spanish Mislata, located just outside of Valencia. Emergency services were called to the fairground on the evening of January 4 after witnesses reported watching the inflatable structure become airborne, throwing several children to the ground. Vera had been playing on the inflatable at the fairground near Valencia when it was lifted several feet into the air. Cayetana, was also on the inflatable when it was lifted, before she landed on her head when it hit the ground. She died 12 hours later after she was rushed to La Fe Hospital in Valencia. It was reported at the time that another girl, aged four, was also seriously injured and had been taken to hospital. Seven other youngsters were hurt and required hospital treatment although their injuries were mostly described as non-serious.
