A court today ordered compensation of €44,000 to a woman who was injured while driving at December 13 Road in July 2000.

The case was instituted by Josephine Micallef against Rita Dimech and Tony Cutajar.

Ms Micallef said that she had been driving along December 13 road when she had to stop because of a traffic jam. When she stopped, a car driven by Ms Dimech collided into the back of her car andshe was thrown against the windscreen.

A few seconds later she was again thrown against the windscreen when a second car, driven by Mr Cutajar, crashed into Ms Dimech's car which, once more crashed into Ms Micallef's vehicle. Ms Micallef told the court that the first impact was greater than the second one.

Mr Justice Joseph Azzopardi said that he found Ms Micallef's testimony to be convincing. Ms Micallef had suffered a 12 per cent permanent disability and the court therefore awarded her €44,421.15 in damages. Ms Dimech was found to bear four-fifths responsibility for the accident and was ordered to pay Ms Micallef €35,536.92. Mr Cutajar was ordered to pay €8,884.23

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