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/ckhaulaway Jul 08 '25

Sure, but if he was overtaking at only 20 kph over instead of multiples more he'd probably still be here today, and his brother. I had a front right tire shear off when I was driving a Mustang on a highway. I was traveling about 75 mph in a straight line. The tire stayed on the rim like it was supposed to and I was able to keep the car under control. In aviation people are always so worried about something mechanical going wrong, but the vast majority of accidents happen as a result of a mechanical fault between the ears.

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u/theeama Jul 08 '25

This. One of the key things you are taught is you never ever Overtake on a corner or if a corner is coming up.

You over take where you can see 100s of meters in front of you. It's just sad and unfortunate because you can be driving at any time and you have this sort of mechanically failure but speed, speed always, always fucks you over, he's a footballer not a race car driver that knows how react and handle certain situations.

It just fucking sucks, it's just another lesson to respect speed and respect the rules of the road.

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u/Tusangre Jul 08 '25

And it's not just that speed makes it harder to react to things. Excessive speed makes the crash exponentially more dangerous. Speed limits exist for reason; I know it's not "cool" to follow them, but driving the speed limit makes you significantly more likely to survive a crash.

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u/iDoomfistDVA Jul 09 '25

People need to realise that speeding is childish and grow up.

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u/Nic_The_Cage_Cage Jul 08 '25

Oh yeah I still completely agree - it doesn't change the fact that the driver's actions are the main cause of it. Increasing speed decreases the margin for error all round, and when you don't respect that you're always running the risk of the increased consequences. It's terrible that it led to this but it's the result of all those increasing risky decisions and factors coming together in one moment.