The sub-delegate of the Spanish government in Zamora, Ángel Blanco, has given his first statement about the cause of the accident, which also points to a burst tyre during an overtake as the possible reason.

As a result, Jota’s Lamborghini went off the road and started to burn. (An earlier statement from the Guardia Civil gave the same reason).

The accident occurred at around 00:30 hours in Zamora, at kilometre 65 of the A-52 motorway, on a straight stretch in the opposite direction to Portugal.

The brothers’ bodies have now been moved from the Institute of Legal Medicine in Zamora. Their relatives, who have travelled from Portugal, left the premises after around two hours in the building.

To confirm legal identification, authorities will try to obtain fingerprints and DNA tests, which will have to be sent to Madrid for analysis.

Meanwhile, the regional government of Castilla y León set up teams, early in the morning, to provide psychological assistance to the family, followed by information services in Portuguese and English.

This is an extraordinary situation for this rural region in the so-called “Empty Spain”.

—-BBC