A truck driver who claims to have seen the Lamborghini of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva on fireplace has promised the brothers’ household that the automotive was not dashing when it crashed.
A preliminary report stated on Tuesday that the automotive was most likely dashing on the time of the crash, which noticed the automotive burst into flames and declare the lives of the 2 footballers.
Forensics have been analysing the forensics workforce the marks left by the automotive’s wheels, with it prompt {that a} tyre burst. They’re attempting to find out whether or not extreme pace induced the crash, police stated in an announcement.
The video comes simply hours after the revelation {that a} feminine driver practically died on the identical harmful freeway that the brothers had been driving on simply hours earlier than the deadly accident.
A 60-year-old girl was severely injured at kilometre 65, on the identical street Jota died, final Wednesday at round 11.30am (native time). Her automotive had come off the street, whereas driving in direction of Benavente, leaving the lady trapped. She was later freed by firefighters and brought to hospital, Spanish outlet AS studies.
Jose Azevedo has now recorded a video seemingly filmed from a truck on the angle of a dashboard, promising the household that the automotive was not travelling above the pace restrict when the incident came about.
A truck driver that attempted to avoid wasting Diogo Jota from his deadly automotive crash has stated his Lamborghini wasn’t dashing on the time – contradicting a preliminary report launched on Tuesday
Jose Azevedo stated he ‘tried to assist’ however that there was ‘nothing I might do’ to avoid wasting them
The street the place the Liverpool star crashed is famend for being an space of ‘irresponsible driving’, totting up practically 15,000 dashing fines in 2020
‘I filmed it, stopped, tried to assist, however sadly, there was nothing I might do,’ he stated in Portuguese. ‘I’ve a transparent conscience.
‘I do know what I went by means of that evening as a result of I did not know who was inside. My condolences to the household.
‘[The family] have my phrase that they weren’t dashing. I might see the make of the automotive, the color of the automotive. I drive this street on daily basis, Monday by means of Saturday, I do know what street it’s, and it is nugatory.
‘It is a darkish street, and I might see the make and color of the automotive, every little thing completely. In a while, sadly, that is the way it ended.’
Jota, 28, was travelling within the supercar alongside his youthful brother Silva, 26, a round 12.35am (native time).
The tyre of the 200mph Lamborghini Huracan is claimed to have blown out whereas overtaking on the A-52 at Cernadilla close to Zamora in northwestern Spain, near the border with Portugal.
The acid inexperienced sportscar careered off the street, and rolled earlier than bursting into flames setting alight surrounding greenery. Emergency providers rushed to the scene however they sadly couldn’t save the brothers.
The brothers had been on a street journey to Santander, northern Spain, to catch a ferry to the UK after the Liverpool participant and Portuguese worldwide was suggested to not journey by aircraft following lung surgical procedure.
The footballer was travelling together with his brother in his acid inexperienced £180,000 Lamborghini Huracan
Police making ready a report on final Thursday’s deadly accident are but to say how briskly they suppose Jota’s motor was travelling (pictured is the crash website)
The freeway the place the deadly smash came about (pictured) is allegedly affected by faults
Following the Jota’s demise on the street, a central authorities consultant for the Zamora province, has since branded the A-52 street as ‘very harmful’.
In 2023, there have been 19 street accidents on the A-52, with a mean of 1.5 deaths per incidents, in line with The Mirror.
The stretch of freeway can also be recognized to be ‘riddled’ with ‘fixed potholes’ as locals have additionally beforehand complained of the poor signage, in line with the AEA membership.
Round 40 pothole complaints had been made by drivers to Spain’s transport ministry in a single month in 2024, La Opinion de Zamora reported.
The area Zamora can also be recognized for its rugged terrain with the A-52 working by means of mountainous and forested areas. The realm additionally suffers from recurrent fog spells and restricted lighting.
Regardless of the difficult terrain, the Spanish street is a key route taken by drivers after leaving northern Portugal as they head for the ports of Santander and Bilbao or drive north-east in direction of France.
However the street is famend for being an space of ‘irresponsible driving’, totting up practically 15,000 dashing fines in 2020, it was reported in La Opinion de Zamora.
Numerous tributes have been paid to the Liverpool star for the reason that incident final Thursday
It has been prompt that Jota was the one driving out of the 2 when the automotive crashed
Pictured: Jota with spouse Rute and their three kids on the Anfield pitch in Could after Liverpool gained the Premier League
4 years in the past, a marketing campaign was launched to assist management the dashing concern and convey consciousness to the zones the place individuals pace or there are frequent accidents.
Spanish police, in the meantime, say they’re assured that Jota was on the wheel when his Lamborghini got here off the street final week.
Spain’s Civil Guard stated: ‘The skilled report remains to be being labored on and finalised.
‘Amongst different issues visitors police from the Zamora department of the Civil Guard are finding out the tread marked by one of many wheels of the automobile.
‘Every part can also be pointing to a potential excessive extra of pace over the permitted pace on that stretch of the motorway.
‘All of the checks carried out for the second level to the motive force of the crash automobile being Diogo Jota.
‘The skilled police report when it’s finalised might be handed over to a court docket in Puebla de Sanabria.’
