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Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota dies

Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota dies

Football is in mourning after the tragic event that occurred this morning.

Liverpool player Diogo Jota dies in car accident in Zamora. The 28-year-old Portuguese Liverpool player died early this morning in a traffic accident along with his 26-year-old brother.

Jota was reportedly travelling in a car with his brother Andre, who is also a footballer, when the vehicle skidded off the road. The incident happened on the A-52 motorway in the province of Zamora. The tragic news comes just two weeks after Jota married his long-time girlfriend, Rute Cardoso, in Porto.