Spanish police have revealed that evidence suggests Diogo Jota was "driving in excess of the speed limit" when he and brother Andre Silva were tragically killed last week. The pair were killed in Zamora in northwestern Spain after the Lamborghini they were driving crashed on an isolated stretch of road.

An emotional funeral service took place in Gondomar on Saturday, and was attended by hundreds of mourners. Police have now made just their second official statement since the tragic incident. The update comes after extensive tests were carried out on the vehicle and the location of the crash.

The Portugal Civil Guard said: "The expert report is still being worked on and finalised. Among other things traffic police from the Zamora branch of the Civil Guard are studying the tread marked by one of the wheels of the vehicle.

"Everything is also pointing to a possible high excess of speed over the permitted speed on that stretch of the motorway. All the tests carried out for the moment point to the driver of the crash vehicle being Diogo Jota. The expert police report when it is finalised will be handed over to a court in Puebla de Sanabria."

Hours after the crash, police had initially stated: "Everything is pointing to a tyre blowout as the car was overtaking. As a result of the accident, the car caught fire and both occupants died."

Overnight road safety expert Javier Lopez Delgado has claimed the road that the brothers were travelling on had "many faults," and implied the vehicle was over the speed limit. He told La Opinion de Zamora: "If they had been going at 55mph they probably wouldn't have been killed. It seems very clear they were going very fast because of the skid marks."

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