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Funerals Held as Probe Continues Into Jota Brothers’ Fatal A-52 Crash

Suspected tire blowout is the focus of the ongoing inquiry after forensic teams confirmed the brothers’ identities with their funerals taking place in Gondomar.

Homenaje masivo en Liverpool a Diogo Jota después de su fallecimiento.
Instituto de Medicina Legal de Zamora
Diogo Jota, en un partido de la Champions League con el Liverpool FC

Overview

  • The crash occurred just after midnight on July 3 on the A-52 near Cernadilla when Jota’s Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames during an overtaking maneuver.
  • Jota and his brother André Silva were driving to Santander to board a ferry to the UK after medical advice against flying following recent lung surgery.
  • Emergency responders from 112 Castilla y León, the Guardia Civil and Zamora fire crews extinguished the blaze but were unable to save the brothers.
  • Both Liverpool FC and the Portuguese Football Federation have described the loss as irreparable and appealed for privacy for the family.
  • Authorities from the Subdelegación del Gobierno in Zamora are examining tire fragments and vehicle data to verify the suspected blowout cause.