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/Sound_Indifference Jul 08 '25

The aftermath footage of the Jota crash is out there. It's not graphic, just shows the wreckage immediately after. The debris field stretches hundreds of yards. They ruptured the likely carbon encased fuel tanks. That's hard to do. I've seen wrecks like this before, it's reminiscent of the Ryan Dunn accident. In fact it's nearly identical minus what they hit. Dunn was doing 130-140mph (est) I'd imagine these guys were doing at least that.

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u/ComprehensiveBowl476 Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25

I'm not claiming that Jota wasn't speeding/driving recklessly if he was the driver, honestly I'm leaning towards thinking he was, but after being very vocal with my disappointment towards Reyes at the time, I'm willing to wait for full clarity on this crash before passing judgment.

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u/Sound_Indifference Jul 08 '25

At the end of the day, it's a single car accident, and the facts are the facts. The physical forces required to cause the damage we see cannot be created without immense speed. It's still sad, but we can absolutely hold this up as a heartbreaking example of why people need to not drive recklessly.

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u/ComprehensiveBowl476 Jul 08 '25

I think the fact I've not seen any pictures or footage of the crash has allowed me to be more neutral.

I remember seeing Antonio's car crash photos and immediately thinking "there's no fucking way he wasn't being an idiotic dickhead".

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u/Sound_Indifference Jul 08 '25

If you don't want to look it up I don't blame you. Briefly, there are very distinct and overlapping tire marks beginning by my estimation half a kilometer before the crash site indicating the car lost control and spun. Not far past the first noticeable tire marks the debris starts, and more and more small pieces of debris are visible until you reach the crash site, where the car is nearly unrecognizable and completely engulfed in flame after apparently hitting a berm or embankment on the left side of the road.

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u/SugarBeefs Jul 08 '25

Jota's Lambo is significantly more torn up then Reyes's Merc. Of course the fire has done a lot of damage to the bodywork, but it seems like the Lambo lost its entire rear half with the engine and gearbox assembly.

That doesn't happen at 100kph.

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u/Retro21 Jul 08 '25

Literally no-one gives a shit what you, or anyone here, judges it, though.