Diogo Jota dead at 28 as Liverpool star killed in car crash
The Portguese international has reportedly died after a car accident in Spain
Jota has reportedly been killed in a car accident in Spain
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has been killed in a car accident, according to reports in Portugal.
The Portuguese forward was reportedly travelling in a car in the Spanish province of Zamora when the vehicle left the road.
Jota - who won the Premier League title with Liverpool last season - was just 28 years old.
Tragically, it comes just two weeks after he married his long-term girlfriend Rute Cardoso.
A post on X from the Zamora Provincial Council read: 'Two young people have died in an accident on the A-52 (Palacios de Sanabria).
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'The Rionegro del Puente Fire Station responded. The vehicle caught fire and the flames spread to the vegetation.
'They were 28 and 26 years old. RIP.'
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