MADRID – Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother have died in a car accident in Spain, police said Thursday. The Spanish civil guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road near the western city of Zamora.

Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota and his brother died early Thursday in Spain after the Lamborghini they were traveling in crashed near the western city of Zamora, leaving the car in flames, police said.

The Premier League has released a statement following the tragic passing of Liverpool star Diogo Jota in a fatal car crash in Spain. The 28-year-old, alongside his younger brother Andre Silva, 26, died after the tire on the vehicle,