UK Deputy PM pays tribute to 'legend' Diogo Jota after Liverpool footballer dies in car crash: Video
Deputy UK Prime Minister Angela Rayner paid tribute to Liverpool forward Diogo Jota after confirmation that he died alongside his brother in a car crash in Spain.
Rayner, who is also Secretary of State for Housing, while speaking at the Local Government Association annual conference in Liverpool on Thursday, referred to the late Portuguese forward as a "legend".
Jota, 28 and his brother André Silva, 25, tragically lost their lives in a car crash in northwestern Spain early Thursday morning. Their Lamborghini veered off the road and caught fire after suffering a burst tire while attempting to overtake another vehicle.
According to police, the vehicle flipped over and came to a stop in the central reservation. The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. GMT) in the Zamora province.
The news has led to an outpouring of tributes from the global football fraternity. In Liverpool, heartbroken supporters gathered outside Anfield, laying flowers to honour a player who had recently married his longtime girlfriend, Rute Cardoso, just days ago, after winning the Premier League with his team just weeks earlier.
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