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MADRID (PA Media/dpa)
Diogo Jota is thought to have been driving when he and his brother Andre Silva died in a car crash last week, Spanish police have said.
The Liverpool footballer and father-of-three was killed alongside his brother, also a footballer, after the Lamborghini they were travelling in burst into flames following a suspected tyre blowout last Thursday in Zamora, Spain.
A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil of Zamora told the PA news
agency on Tuesday, that tests being carried out by its traffic
division showed Jota was driving the car at the time.
The spokesperson added that the car was thought to be travelling
above the speed limit on the road, which local media report is 120
kilometres per hour.
The 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 has not yet been finalized but will be handed over to the
court in the town of Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora.
Pictures of the aftermath of the crash showed debris scattered along
the side of the road including what appeared to be charred parts of
the vehicle.
Footballers, family and fans gathered for the funeral of the brothers
which took place in their native Portugal on Saturday.
Jota's long-term partner Rute Cardoso, whom he had married just 11
days before the accident, was in attendance, as were his parents.
