Five injured in spate of traffic accidents

A man was grievously injured and another four people were slightly injured in four traffic accidents last night, the police said this afternoon. In the first accident, at 1.30 a.m. a Hyundai Pony car crashed into a rubble wall and overturned in Karwija...

A man was grievously injured and another four people were slightly injured in four traffic accidents last night, the police said this afternoon.

In the first accident, at 1.30 a.m. a Hyundai Pony car crashed into a rubble wall and overturned in Karwija Street, limits of Safi. The driver, a 21-year-old from Fgura, suffered slight injuries.

A 23-year-old from Qormi was lucky to escape serious injury when his Skoda Octavia crashed into a field while being driven on the Coast road at Bahar ic-Caghaq. The incident also happened at 1.30 a.m.

An hour later, a 26-year-old man from Naxxar and a 20-year-old woman from Zurrieq were slightly injured when their motorcycle skidded out of control in Labour Avenue, Naxxar.

The most serious accident took place at 3 a.m. at Mdina Road, Attard when a 57-year-old from Mtarfa lost control of a Hyundai Accent which overturned. The driver was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and was found to have been grievously injured.

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