Superstar athletes Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James took to social media Thursday to pay their respects to Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota following his death.

Jota, just 28, was killed alongside his brother André when the vehicle they were travelling in on the A-52 motorway in Zamora, Spain, came off the road. It's been reported by authorities that one of the car's tyres burst while overtaking another vehicle before catching fire.

Liverpool and Portuguese international soccer player Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, were killed in a car accident early Thursday morning in Spain. The cause of the accident is not entirely clear,