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Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother have both passed away due to traffic accident, reports Marca.

Diogo Jota’s brother André Silva, 25-year-old Penafiel player in Portuguese 2nd League, also passed away following the accident.

Both died early Thursday, July 03, 2025 when the vehicle they were travelling in came off the road in the province of Zamora and burst into flames.

The accident occurred at kilometer 65 of the A-52, at the height of the Zamorana region of Sanabria.

The Liverpool player died when the vehicle in which he was travelling with his 26-year-old brother ran off the road and caught fire.

According to witnesses who alerted 112, the car was engulfed in flames, which also spread to nearby vegetation.

May his soul rest in peace.