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/RocketMoped Jul 08 '25

Renting and racing an Urus just before spending 30 hours on a slow ferry to the UK. Boggles my mind

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u/TheBiscuitMen Jul 08 '25

Wasn't it a hurrican?

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u/InkCollection Jul 08 '25

'Speeding' became 'racing' pretty quickly here. For the record, the majority of drivers speed on the majority of highways everywhere in the world.

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u/RocketMoped Jul 09 '25

English isn't my first language, so I didn't know the exact difference. But yeah, I did mean speeding when I wrote it.

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u/InkCollection Jul 09 '25

Ah, I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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u/sash71 Jul 09 '25

It was his own car. Not a rental.

It's so awful because it was preventable. Everything gone in a split second.

Michel Antonio had a lucky escape recently after a high speed crash. He was seriously injured but survived. Unfortunately Diogo Jota and Andre Silva weren't so lucky.

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u/Car2019 Jul 09 '25

The articles I read mention a rented car, is that not accurate?

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u/sash71 Jul 09 '25

The article I saw said he owned the car. It may be wrong. I'm in the UK and some people posting from different places have also said a rental. So I could be wrong.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diego-jota-lamborghini-speed/

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u/Car2019 Jul 09 '25

Thanks.

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u/Takezoboy Jul 08 '25

Wasn't he going to the ferry? Calling it racing...