Reyes drove at 237km, police report states as football star is laid to rest

As hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of former Real Madrid and Arsenal star, Jose Antonio Reyes, on Monday, police have released a statement that the footballer drove at a speed limit reading 237 kilometre per hour before the crash.

The coffin of Reyes, killed in a weekend car crash, was draped in the flag of his boyhood club, Sevilla, was carried through the streets of his hometown of Utrera before the funeral service at a local church.

Local newspapers, Diario de Sevilla and Mundo Deportivo, Reyes was driving at over 200 kilometres (125 miles) per hour at the time of the accident, citing a police report. The crash also claimed the life of the footballer’s cousin while another passenger was still in the hospital yesterday, according to police.