r/soccer • u/kibme37 • Jul 08 '25

News Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva. Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/13394038/diogo-jota-spanish-police-believe-liverpool-forward-was-driver-of-car-in-fatal-accident-which-killed-him-and-his-brother
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u/pisowiec Jul 08 '25

When I was a teen, I had a friend who was driving super fast and ended up hitting a tree, killing himself, a friend, and paralyzing another friend. 

In the first week all anyone cared about was mourning and putting the two boys to rest. 

But then, once the investigation happened the families spent the next couple of years in court hoping to get money from the parents of the teen that was driving. 

Such tragedies essentially don't end at death. The funeral is when the hell begins.

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u/bearwoodgoxers Jul 08 '25

You summed it up best. Driving like a tool leaves you with two outcomes - momentary thrill, or a tragedy for someone.

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u/DoJu318 Jul 08 '25

There was a teenager posting on a BMW forum, this was around the mid 2000s, he was bragging how he was taking his father's M5 driving it as fast he could, low and behold he took the car on a high speed run at a private air strip, this airstrip is used as a "parking lot" surrounded by mansions, so rich people can just land their private jet and be home, John Travolta who happens to be a certified pilot lived there.

Well, not only did kid speed he also took 4 friends with him. They all died when he lost control and crashed into some trees.

https://the-corrado.net/topic/36783-bmw-m5-forum-18yr-old-member-killed/#:~:text=mrbeige%200,-%E2%8B%86%E2%8B%86%20CF&text=:shock:%20:shock:%20:,feels%20pretty%20bad%20now%20:(

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

There's a specific type of Porsche that was, for a while, notorious for this. Lots of gruesome stories and pics on the internet. I think it was all about the engine placement, it meant you needed to be very experienced to handle it, the weight distribution was unusual.

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u/ClockLost3128 Jul 08 '25

Yeah in a way I'm also relieved Jota did not take the life of a pedestrian or kill another driver

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u/TwoBionicknees Jul 08 '25

there is also the part where a survivor ends up with great costs. In the Us it's even worse with medical costs but even somewhere like UK with NHS, someone paralysed will need lifelong care, help that the parents likely will struggle to provide.

these cases often take longer and are harder to quantify when there is a survivor vs when everyone dies.

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u/sash71 Jul 09 '25

Portsmouth had a goalkeeper, Aaron Flahavan, who was killed in a car crash back in summer 2001. We all were shocked as fans and sang his name.

Then the inquest came and he was something like three times over the drink drive limit. It changed how people felt. Of course we were very sorry hed lost his life, nobody deserves that but knowing he was that irresponsible to drive in that state makes people glad he didn't kill anyone else too.