The road where Diogo Jota tragically crashed had previously been described as one of the worst in Spain.
The Liverpool star, 28, careered off a road in northern Spain in his Lamborghini – just two weeks after he married his childhood sweetheart.
The Portuguese forward was travelling in the supercar with his fellow footballer and younger brother Andre, 26, who also died in the crash.
The Lamborghini’s tyre is believed to have blown out while overtaking on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora in northwestern Spain, close to the border with Portugal.
But the road is renowned for being an area of ‘irresponsible driving’, totting up nearly 15,000 speeding fines in 2020, it was reported in La Opinion de Zamora.
Four years ago, a campaign was launched to help control the speeding issue and bring awareness to the zones where people speed or there are frequent accidents.
With its sharp curves and frequent wildlife crossings, the A-52 is often cited as one of the worst to drive on.
A recent poll by Spain’s Organisation of Users and Consumers found that drivers believed the A-52 was one of the worst routes in all of Spain, highlighting the condition of the roads as well as the lack of safety barriers.
The supercar crashed and caught fire, also igniting the surrounding vegetation
But the road where the Liverpool star crashed is renowned for being an area of ‘irresponsible driving’, totting up nearly 15,000 speeding fines in 2020
A recent poll found that drivers believed the A-52 was one of the worst routes in all of Spain, highlighting the condition of the roads as well as the lack of safety barriers
Diogo Jota had married his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three children, in the last fortnight. Here they are pictured on their wedding day
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