A 24-year-old Ethiopian man was injured when the car he was driving slammed into a crash barrier and a lamppost on the Coast Road yesterday afternoon, police said.
The young man was heading in the direction of St Paul's Bay, where he lived, when he lost control of his white Mitsubishi Lancer at about 3 p.m. He was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital where it resulted that he suffered from injuries but was not in a critical condition, police said.
His friend, also Ethiopian, was in the front passenger seat but was not injured.