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He may have lacked his brother's celebrity, but Andre was also a fine footballer whose death is being deeply mourned
An eyewitness travelling on the same road that Diogo Jota suffered a fatal car accident on has refuted claims that the Liverpool forward was speeding.
Diogo Jota (pictured) and his brother, Andre Silva, were killed in a car crash on July 3. Screengrab from @diogoj_18's Instagram. Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash. He was 28.
General view of the crash site where Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva lost their lives, showing the wreckage of the Lamborghini Huracan at kilometre 65 of the A-52, near the town of Cernadilla, close to Zamora, Spain.
The football club of Diogo Jota’s brother, Andre Silva, said they are “filled with pain” at their deaths. Both were killed in a car crash while travelling together in Spain and tributes have been flooding in for the two siblings.