Diogo Jota and his brother André Filipealso professional footballer, they lost their lives in the early hours of Wednesday to Thursday after suffering an accident produced in the Low rias highway (A-52) at the height of Cernadilla (Zamora). On that same road there was another serious accident just eight days ago. In fact, this route is full of complaints due to the patches, cracks and even potholes that it has on the road.
In it Kilometer 65 of the A-52where at 00:30 on this Thursday the vehicle in which the two players were traveling, also occurred on Wednesday of last week, another traffic incident, in which a person was serious injured and had to be released by the Firefighters of the Diputación de Zamora.
The accident eight days ago occurred at 11:30 in the morning, also for the exit of the road of a vehicle in the lanes Benavente of kilometer 65 of the A-52, and in it A 60 -year -old woman who was trapped was seriously injuredhad to be released by firefighters and was subsequently transferred to a hospital.
In the case of the accident on Thursday in which Diogo Jota and his brother André, his high -end car, a Lamborghini Huracán, died, left the road by the left bank and caught fire in the median when, according to the first hypotheses that the civil guard shuffled, he made an overtaking and suffered the burst of one of the wheels.
Diogo Jota was traveling by car to Santander
The death of Diogo Jota y André Filipe He has left the world of football and sports. The big question that all fans were asked was why they were traveling by car in Zamora. At the last minute on Thursday the reason why the two players were with the Lamborghini on that road came to light. The reason was that he had to get to Santander from Porto to take a ferry to Portsmouth to join the preseason with Liverpool.
Although a priori, the simplest thing is to travel from Porto to Liverpool by plane, since By sea it took 31 hoursaccording to several Portuguese media, doctors advocated him for high cabin pressure. Apparently, after winning the League of Nations with the Portuguese National Team against Spain, Diogo Jota decided to undergo surgery in the lung. When the operation was so recent, the doctor advised to travel by plane and the player chose to go on a road for health reasons.
The Portuguese was cited next Monday to start the preseason with the Liverpool With the rest of his teammates and prepare the first friendly against Preston, scheduled for next Sunday, July 13. In the Merseyside club they were devastated when they found out about the news of their player's death. The fans set up an altar near Anfield in honor of number 20.
