A Spanish court has ruled that no criminal liability exists in connection with the car crash that claimed the lives of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andr\u00e9 Silva last July, bringing the legal proceedings surrounding the tragedy to a close, as reported by The New York Times.<\/p>\n
Jota, 28, and his brother Andr\u00e9 Silva died in the early hours of July 3, 2025, when the Lamborghini they were travelling in veered off the A-52 motorway in the Zamora province of northwestern Spain and burst into flames.A tyre blowout during a high-speed overtaking manoeuvre is believed to have caused the accident, and no other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s ruling means the case will not proceed to any criminal prosecution, effectively confirming what investigators had been piecing together for months \u2014 that the crash was a tragic accident with no third-party wrongdoing involved.<\/p>\n
The investigation had been a complex one. Spanish police had indicated that evidence pointed toward the vehicle significantly exceeding the speed limit on that stretch of the motorway, and that Jota was believed to have been the driver at the time. However, two Portuguese lorry drivers who witnessed the crash came forward to challenge that account, with one saying the Lamborghini had passed him five minutes before the accident at a moderate speed, adding that \u201cthe road was in terrible condition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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