Sad news for Liverpool as well as football fans around the world when striker Diogo Jota of the Portuguese team died in a car accident in Zamora province, Spain.
Diogo Jota, the Portuguese player and younger brother André passed away in the early morning of Thursday in a traffic accident on the Rias Bajas (A-52) highway near the city of Palacios de Sanabria (Zamora), according to EFE.
The accident occurred around 12:40 am, for reasons currently being investigated. Initial information indicated that the car in which Jota was slipped from the road and caught fire at Km 65 on the A-52 road towards Benavente.
The fire spread to the surrounding vegetation but was extinguished by the fire force and coordinated with emergency medical services and civil police to blockade the scene.
The scene rescue force confirmed that there were 2 deaths in the car. The other is the younger brother of Jota, Andrre. 26 years old, Andrre is also a football player. He is playing for Pennafiel – a Portuguese second -class club.
Jota joined Liverpool from Wolves by 2020 at a transfer fee of £ 41 million. He is always appreciated by the coaches in versatility and sharpness, although injury makes him not contributed as much as expected.
More pitifully, before the accident was less than two weeks, Jota was officially married to her long -time girlfriend Rute Cardoso. The two had three faces together.
JOTA's Instagram post has received more than 190,000 likes and more than 1,000 comments, including heart emoticons from striker Liverpool, Darwin Nunez and Natalia Becker – the wife of goalkeeper Alisson.
My condolences to the Jota family and the Liverpool fans community as well as the Portuguese team. Football Plus will continue to update the latest information related to this tragic accident.
