Diogo Jota: Spanish police release statement shedding fresh light on tragic car crash

Spanish police have said for the first time “everything is pointing” to Liverpool star Diogo Jota driving the Lamborghini supercar he and his football brother André Silva crashed and died in last Thursday.

And they also say tests carried out so far appear to indicate the 28-year-old dad-of-three was driving “way in excess” of the speed limit.

In only their second official statement since last week’s horror crash on the A-52 near Zamora close to Spain’s north-west border with Portugal, the Civil Guard said: “The expert report is still being worked on and finalised.

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“Among other things traffic police from the Zamora branch of the Civil Guard are studying the tread marked by one of the wheels of the vehicle. Everything is also pointing to a possible high excess of speed over the permitted speed on that stretch of the motorway.

“All the tests carried out for the moment point to the driver of the crash vehicle being Diogo Jota. The expert police report when it is finalised will be handed over to a court in Puebla de Sanabria.”

Overnight a Spanish road safety expert said the acid green £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan Jota and his brother were in was going “very fast.”

Liverpool players have reported for their first day of pre-season training at Kirkby on Tuesday morning just 72 hours after attending the funeral of their team-mate in Portugal.

Reds stars including Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and new signing Jeremie Frimpong were pictured driving to the first day of preparation for the upcoming campaign with the club still in mourning.

The deaths of Jota and Andre Silva have shocked the footballing world with heartbreaking tributes paid from across the game.

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