Diogo Jota killed

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brake fader

Original Poster:

1,744 posts

50 months

Thursday
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very sad he's died in a car crash

AB

18,329 posts

210 months

Thursday
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How sad.

Young lad with a young family frown

Xenoous

1,751 posts

73 months

Thursday
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Very sad. Although, this is already being discussed in the Liverpool thread.

RIP Jota

48k

15,130 posts

163 months

Thursday
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"The car, a Lamborghini, left the road due to a tyre blow out while overtaking another car. The car set on fire, and both are confirmed to have died."

("Both" being Jota and his brother)

Quite a level of detail so soon, which is unusual. I assume because the occupants of the car they were overtaking are still alive and have provided police with the information. A tragic loss of two lives and families lives ruined forever.

juice

9,241 posts

297 months

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Utterly terrible, so young and with a family frown

Ascayman

13,083 posts

231 months

Thursday
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Blimey, how awful

Quhet

2,655 posts

161 months

Thursday
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Dreadful news. I see he's only recently got married too and has 3 kids frown

ChocolateFrog

31,740 posts

188 months

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I feel a bit sick, it so rarely happens these days.

3 young kids too.

RIP.

TikTak

2,245 posts

34 months

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Wow what? Utterly shocking.

RIP.

CloudStuff

3,977 posts

119 months

Thursday
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So tragic, RIP.

sb-1

3,329 posts

278 months

Thursday
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So sad,tyre blowout pretty rare for cause of fatal crash I would have thought.
RIP.

ferret50

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24 months

DickyC

54,083 posts

213 months

Yesterday (07:09)
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Why do the reports keep mentioning overtaking? It's a dual carriageway. It's not like a scary overtake on a back road.

Sheepshanks

37,055 posts

134 months

Yesterday (08:30)
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DickyC said:
Why do the reports keep mentioning overtaking? It's a dual carriageway. It's not like a scary overtake on a back road.
I wondered that too - was surprised when I saw a picture of the road.

Maybe it’s just a translation thing - “passing” became overtaking? Or the lane discipline mentality is stronger there so anyone in the left lane is overtaking.

JNW1

8,591 posts

209 months

Yesterday (08:50)
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sb-1 said:
So sad,tyre blowout pretty rare for cause of fatal crash I would have thought.
RIP.
An absolute tragedy and truly devastating for those left behind.

Looking at some of the pictures of the crash scene there seems to be very little left of the car so I'm not sure what an accident investigation team will have to work with? I know there are reports of eye witnesses saying there was a tyre blowout but if it was dark I'm not sure how clearly will they have been able to see what happened unless the car was right in their headlights at the time the blowout occurred? Regardless, I just hope Diago and his brother were knocked unconscious by the impact and knew nothing of what followed...

Frimley111R

17,045 posts

249 months

Yesterday (09:21)
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Tragic for him and his family.

Like you, I think that the tyre blowout story is more about trying not to say he overcooked it and lost control of the car. Now way they could ascertain that so quickly.

ChocolateFrog

31,740 posts

188 months

Yesterday (09:24)
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DickyC said:
Why do the reports keep mentioning overtaking? It's a dual carriageway. It's not like a scary overtake on a back road.
I noticed that. They say overtaking and the natural thing you think is 20 something male in a supercar overtaking he must have been doing something reckless and been caught out.

But you look at it and it's a fairly straight dual carriageway, the 'overtake' is incidental.

Ayahuasca

27,452 posts

294 months

Yesterday (09:32)
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Seems a bit quick to pin it on a tyre blowout.




48k

15,130 posts

163 months

Yesterday (09:37)
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JNW1 said:
sb-1 said:
So sad,tyre blowout pretty rare for cause of fatal crash I would have thought.
RIP.
An absolute tragedy and truly devastating for those left behind.

Looking at some of the pictures of the crash scene there seems to be very little left of the car so I'm not sure what an accident investigation team will have to work with? I know there are reports of eye witnesses saying there was a tyre blowout but if it was dark I'm not sure how clearly will they have been able to see what happened unless the car was right in their headlights at the time the blowout occurred? Regardless, I just hope Diago and his brother were knocked unconscious by the impact and knew nothing of what followed...
I haven't seen any report saying it was eye witnesses saying it was a blow out, just that police said "everything indicates a tyre burst while overtaking".

I also haven't seen any confirmation as to who was driving.

This morning heard a report saying there was no other car and they weren't overtaking which goes against what the police statement says. But either way - having seen the videos of the car on fire and the aftermath on social media they were clearly going at a fair old lick. Following this and the Antonio crash I wonder how long it will be before clubs start trying to clamp down on driving styles of players/their drivers with black boxes like insurance companies use.


ChocolateFrog

31,740 posts

188 months

Yesterday (09:42)
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I think they already ban them from owning motorbikes and doing things like skiing holidays.

Could be wrong though.