Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota were probably too loud when his car walked away from a highway in Spain last week and killed him and his brother, the Spanish police said on Tuesday.
The shock -dead of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, dived on July 3 the football world in mourning, less than two weeks after the striker was married.
An ongoing study is to investigate “the figures left by one of the wheels of the vehicle … everything points to a possible excessive speed outside the speed limit of the road,” said the civil protector.
“All tests carried out so far indicate that the driver of the vehicle was Diogo Jota,” it added.
The force had previously said that a band was probably blown out while the vehicle was overtaking, which crashed and burst into flames in the northwestern province of Zamora.
Only a few hours before the accident, Jota had posted a video of his wedding of 22 June with partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had three children.
The dead led to an outpouring of sadness, especially in the birthplace Portugal of the brothers and in Jota's Premier League Club Liverpool.
Political leaders and star players from Portugal and Liverpool joined family and friends on Saturday at the funeral in the Porto -Buitenswijk of Gondomar.
After spells in Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jota became a fan favorite in Liverpool after he joined the Premier League Giants in 2020.
He yielded 65 times for the Reds in five seasons, lifted the League Cup and FA Cup in 2021/22 and helped them to win a record-similar 20th English competition title last season.
The striker also earned 49 caps for Portugal and was part of the team that won the UEFA Nations League this year.
Younger brother Andre played in midfield for FC Penafiel in the second layer of Portugal.