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Spanish police statement Spanish police have issued a statement after Diogo Jota died aged 28.
The heartbreaking news has broken this morning that the Liverpool FC forward has died in a car accident.
The 28-year-old is said to have been travelling with his brother, Andre Silva, in the Zamora region of Sanabria when the incident occurred.
BBCNews has spoken to the Guardia Civil this morning, who confirmed the deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva. The comments from the police, reported by the BBC, said: "The information we have so far is that the car, which was a Lamborghini, was in a road traffic accident and left the road due to a tyre blowout while overtaking.
"It was in the early hours, 00:30 BST, in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora.
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