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Probe Points to Tire Blowout in Crash That Killed Diogo Jota and His Brother

Authorities are conducting technical and forensic inquiries into the fatal crash on Spain’s A-52 motorway near Cernadilla that investigators believe was triggered by a tire blowout

Instituto de Medicina Legal de Zamora
Diogo Jota, en un partido de la Champions League con el Liverpool FC
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Overview

  • The car carrying Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva veered off the A-52 at kilometer 65 near Cernadilla before igniting and spreading flames to nearby vegetation.
  • Emergency dispatchers alerted the Guardia Civil, Zamora provincial fire brigades and Sacyl medical teams, but responders could not reach the engulfed vehicle in time to save the occupants.
  • Investigators have opened a preliminary probe with technical and forensic teams examining evidence that points to a sudden tire blowout as the likely trigger for the accident.
  • Diogo Jota, 28, had just won the UEFA Nations League with Portugal and married his longtime partner, Rute Cardoso, on June 22.
  • His brother André, 26, was a professional footballer with Penafiel in Portugal’s second division.