Tragedy struck early Thursday morning as Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Felipe, 26, tragically died in a car accident in Zamora, Spain. They had gone off road after their tyre burst and the car caught fire. The emergency services reached the spot but were unable to help.
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