List of athletes to have died in vehicle accidents: Jota, Kobe, Antonio Reyes and more

Liverpool guardant Diogo Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, were tragically killed successful a car mishap successful Spain erstwhile their Lamborghini veered disconnected a agrarian road and caught fire, Spanish constabulary confirmed connected Thursday.According to the Spanish Civil Guard, the clang occurred soon aft midnight connected an isolated roadworthy westbound of Zamora. The conveyance is believed to person mislaid control, perchance owed to a punctured rear tire, earlier bursting into flames. Firefighters responded to the country arsenic the blaze dispersed into adjacent vegetation. No different vehicles were progressive successful the incident.Both Jota, 28, and Andre, 25, were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Their bodies were sent for forensic analysis. It remains unclear who was down the instrumentality astatine the clip of the crash.Jota’s decease comes conscionable weeks aft his wedding to longtime spouse Rute Cardoso. The mates had 3 young children together, with their youngest calved past year.

A cardinal fig astatine Liverpool since his determination from Wolves successful 2020, Jota had precocious helped Portugal triumph the UEFA Nations League and was admired for his crisp attacking play and vigor connected the pitch. His abrupt passing has sent shockwaves done the football assemblage successful Portugal and astir the world.

Emiliano Sala (Argentina, 2019)

One of the astir devastating aviation tragedies successful modern football, Emiliano Sala was conscionable 28 erstwhile helium mislaid his beingness successful a level clang implicit the English Channel. He had precocious signed with Cardiff City and was en way from France erstwhile the craft successful which helium was travelling went down. Following the tragedy, it took weeks to find the wreckage.

Antonio Reyes (Spain, 2019)

Former Arsenal and Sevilla winger José Antonio Reyes mislaid his beingness successful a high-speed car clang successful his hometown of Utrera.

Reports indicated his Mercedes was travelling astatine 237 km/h (147 mph) erstwhile it veered disconnected the road. Reyes was 35 and was accompanied by 2 cousins, 1 of whom besides died successful the accident.

Kobe Bryant (2020)

Kobe Bryant, wide regarded arsenic 1 of basketball’s all-time greats, tragically passed distant successful a chopper clang connected January 26, 2020. The five-time NBA champion and 18-time All-Star dedicated his full 20-year vocation to the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming a planetary sports legend.

The clang occurred successful foggy conditions implicit the hills adjacent Calabasas, California, astir 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Bryant, 41, was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and 7 others, each of whom besides mislaid their lives.

Camille Muffat (2015)

Camille Muffat, 1 of France’s astir accomplished swimmers and a triple Olympic medalist from the 2012 London Games, tragically died successful a chopper clang connected March 9, 2015. She was taking portion successful the filming of the French world amusement "Dropped" successful Argentina erstwhile the collision occurred. At conscionable 25, Muffat had won golden successful the 400m freestyle, metallic successful the 200m freestyle, and bronze successful the 4×200m freestyle relay astatine the London Olympics, securing her spot among France’s sporting greats.