Liverpool player Diogo Jota died early Thursday morning after being involved in a traffic accident in the province of Zamora (Spain).
The football world is in shock. Liverpool’s Portuguese player Diogo Jota died early Thursday morning at the age of 28 in a road accident in the Spanish province of Zamora.
The collision occurred at kilometer 65 of the A-52, near the town of Palacios de Sanabria, according to the Castile and Leon emergency services. The Portuguese was with his brother Andre Silva, a Penafiel player, who also lost his life.
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Furthermore, witnesses say that the vehicle left the road and started to burn after the accident. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Due to the initial force of the flames, which spread through the nearby vegetation, firefighters from the nearby town of Rionegro del Puente had to be deployed. They worked together with the emergency medical services in the rescue work but could do nothing for the lives of the occupants of the vehicle.
They worked together with the emergency medical services in the rescue work but could do nothing for the lives of the occupants of the vehicle.
It is also given the circumstance that only ten days ago, on 22nd June, Liverpool’s Diogo Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had been dating since 2013. They had three young children.
written by @enock katamba

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Rest In Peace Diogo Jota