Man in fatal crash died of heart failure

The man who died on Thursday when his car crashed into four parked vehicles in Cannon Road, Sta Venera, died of heart failure as a result of ischaemic heart disease, the autopsy has found. Ischaemic heart disease is characterised by reduced blood...

The man who died on Thursday when his car crashed into four parked vehicles in Cannon Road, Sta Venera, died of heart failure as a result of ischaemic heart disease, the autopsy has found.

Ischaemic heart disease is characterised by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle.

The man, 59-year-old Saviour Portelli of Hamrun, was driving an Opel Astra.

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