Two persons were lucky to escape with minor injuries in a traffic accident on Tal-Barrani Road, Zejtun, police sources said.

The sources said Alan Zammit, 18 of Qormi, was driving from Birzebbuga towards Santa Lucija when he lost control of the car after one of the front tyres burst.

The car went over the central strip, crossed the other side of the normally busy road and crashed into a wall.

Civil protection personnel had to cut the roof off the car to extract a woman passenger.

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