Two seriously injured in Valletta freak accident

Two women were seriously injured last night in a freak accident in Valletta. Eyewitnesses said a woman fell from St Barbara Bastion, landing on another woman who was outside one of the boathouses hewn in the rock beneath the bastion, close to the...

Two women were seriously injured last night in a freak accident in Valletta.

Eyewitnesses said a woman fell from St Barbara Bastion, landing on another woman who was outside one of the boathouses hewn in the rock beneath the bastion, close to the fishmarket. The accident happened shortly before 10.30 p.m. Both women were rushed to hospital in ambulances. The condition of the women could not be established at the time of going to press.

The police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

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