High speed caused the accident that killed Diogo Žota and his brother

Initial results of the investigation into the car accident that killed Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in Spain last week indicate "significant speeding", the Spanish Civil Guard said.

Although the expert examination is still ongoing, investigators announced that "the marks left by one of the vehicle's wheels" will be separately analyzed, but that everything indicates that the speed at the time of the accident was significantly above the speed limit on that section of the road.

According to preliminary information, Diogo Žota was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, which occurred during the night between July 2 and 3 on a highway in the province of Zamora, in northwestern Spain.

The Portuguese, who was 28 years old, and his younger brother Andre (25), a professional footballer in the Portuguese second division, died at the scene.

Portuguese media claim that their vehicle - a luxury sports car "Lamborghini Huracan" - was rented, and the Civil Guard stated that it ran off the road and then caught fire.

Diogo Žota married his long-time partner, with whom he had three children, about ten days before the accident.

At the time of the accident, he was on his way to Liverpool from the port of Santander, where he was due to board a ferry, as he had been advised not to travel by plane for health reasons.

The funeral of the Žota brothers was held on Saturday in their hometown of Gondomar, near Porto.

Žota has played for Liverpool since 2020, when he arrived from Wolverhampton.