Diogo Jota: Spanish had a similar accident in the same stretch of the road where player died

Car of the 28 -year -old Portuguese national team and Liverpool caught fire on the road after leaving the track. Spanish Helena Vaello told the G1 that her car tire also burst in the same stretch three years ago and said the road is known for poor conservation on site. Diogo Jota, Liverpool player, dies in an accident in Spain, Portuguese player Diogo Jota, an striker of the Portuguese team and Liverpool, England, and his brother André Silva, from Penafiel, died in a car accident on Thursday (3) in Spain. According to the Spanish police, the car where the two were caught fire after leaving the track on a federal highway in Zamora, northwestern Spain. It was on this same highway, the A-52, and in the same stretch as Spanish Helena Vaello, 43, suffered a very similar accident to what killed Jota and her brother on Thursday. As in the case of the Portuguese player, the Spanish car tire also burst when passing the road. ✅ Click here to follow the G1 international news channel on WhatsApp three years ago, Vaello was driving through A-52 on a trip from Madrid, where he lives, to Sanabria, province in northwestern Spain where her husband’s family lives. At G1 she said she was driving about 100 kilometers per hour when she lost control of the car, which began to spin and crashed into another vehicle. “I tried to hold the steering wheel hard, but the car deflected left and hit the side of the road. Then I remember turning around and getting another blow,” she told G1. “I imagined, from the first moment, that my wheel had burst, and then that was actually confirmed.” In the accident on Thursday who killed player Diogo Jota and his brother, the car tire where they were also burst. The players’ car caught fire, and the two died. Despite the shock and muscle pain, Vaello did not suffer serious injuries. But she said the stretch, where she often goes through to visit her husband’s family, is known to be dangerous. “This excerpt from A-52 is known to anyone who usually moves there for being in poor condition. Even the Civil Guard confirmed this to me at the time of the accident,” said the Spaniard. This Thursday, after the accident that killed Diogo Jota, the Spanish press also said that the state of the stretch of the road is bad, which is uncommon in Spain. In the early 2000s, the government of the time built several highways and recalled others, renewing the entire road network in the country. A-52 is a state highway and one of the only access roads for those who go to Galicia, the region in northwestern Spain. Video accident shows images of the scene of the accident that killed the player Diogo Jota in Spain. In a statement, the Guard said the vehicle, a Lamborghini, was traveling through A-52, Spain’s National Highway, at the time of the region of Sanabria, early in the morning (Wednesday night GMT). During an overtaking, one of the tires burst, throwing the car out of the track, which caught fire in the sequence, said the Civil Guard. Also according to the authorities, the two died at the scene. “A vehicle left the track on the sidewalk on the left. The investigation points to a traffic accident due to the burst of a tire during an overtaking. As a result of the accident, the car burned down, and both occupants died,” Spain’s Civil Guard said in a statement. There was still no information on what caused the tire explosion until the last update of this report. The Civil Guard also said that in a statement waiting for the result of the expertise on site, but that only Diogo Jota and his brother were in the car. The local deputy mayor, Ángel Blanco García, said the bodies would be subjected to DNA identification. The local government of Zamora said the flames generated by the fire in the players’ car were spread to local vegetation, but were controlled by firefighters who went to the place to help the victims. A video made at the scene of the accident showed how the car was after the accident (see below). Read more: Recent titles and marriage, 3 children: who was Diogo Jota Repercussion: Portuguese team, clubs and players regret loss of Jota: André Silva was also a player and played in Penafiel the car accident where Liverpool Diogo Jota and his brother died in the city of Zamora, in northwestern Spain, on Thursday, July 3, 2025 AP, second to CNN, second to CNN, Diogo Jota and his brother roamed an excerpt from a trip between Portugal and the United Kingdom. They went by car because Jota had recently been through lung surgery, and doctors advised him to travel on a plane. Also according to Portuguese TV, the two would drive to the city of Santander, northern Spain, where they would take a boat to England. Through social networks, users stated that Lamborghini in which the players were rented, but authorities and relatives had not confirmed the information until the last update of this report. Diogo Jota was 28 years old and leaves his wife and three children. Although he and his wife, Ruth Cardoso, were already living together and had children, the two had a wedding party 11 days ago. Cardoso had not yet spoken out about the death of her husband until the last update of this report. The United Kingdom Prime Minister, where Diogo Jota lived, Keir Stmermer, regretted the player’s death. His 26 -year -old brother André Silva was also a player and worked at Penafiel, a Portuguese team. Map shows where player Diogo Jota suffered a car accident on July 3, 2025. He and his brother died at the scene. Art/ G1 Trajectory Diogo Jota celebrates the title of the European League of Portugal on June 9, 2025 in the end against Spain Annegret Hilse/ Reuters born in the city of Massarelos, in Portugal, in 1996, Jota began his professional career in the Portuguese team Paços de Ferreira. Then he passed Porto before leaving the country and playing at Wolverhampton, England. From there, he was hired by Liverpool in 2020. At the club, one of the main ones in England and Europe, lived the peak of his career and won an English championship, an England Cup and two league cups. Often summoned for the Portuguese team, Jota last month won the League of Nations, in the end against Spain decided on penalties after a 2-2 draw. The striker scored 14 goals in 47 games for the Portuguese team. Liverpool fans leave flowers in front of the English club stadium in honor of player Diogo Jota, killed in a car accident, on July 3, 2025. Temilade Adelaja/ Reuters Portuguese striker Diogo Jota against PSG by the European Champions League on March 11, 2025 Jason Cairnduf/ Reuters The Portuguese Football Federation lamented the death of the two athletes. See below: The Portuguese Football Federation and all Portuguese football are completely devastated by the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva, this dawn, in Spain. Much more than the fantastic player, with almost 50 internationalizations for the National Team A, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all colleagues and opponents, someone with contagious joy and reference in the community itself. The Portuguese Football Federation expresses the most felt condolences to the family and friends of Diogo and André Silva, as well as Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where, respectively, aligned the players. The Portuguese Football Federation has already requested UEFA a minute of silence, this Thursday, before the departure of our team with Spain, in the women’s European. We lost two champions. The disappearance of Diogo and André Silva represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football and we will do everything to honor their legacy daily.

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