Speeding likely cause of Jota car crash: Police

MADRID — Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday.

The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the soccer world into mourning, less than two weeks after the striker had got married.

An ongoing investigation is examining "the marks left by one of the vehicle's wheels. Everything points to a possible excessive speed beyond the road's speed limit", the Civil Guard said.