Matt Meilak
A 22-year-old man from Swieqi died early this morning when a car carrying four young men crashed into a wall and an electricity pole in Nadur, Gozo.
The incident happened at about 3.45am. in Triq ir-Rabat, Nadur.
The man Matt Meilak, a law student, was a back seat passenger in a Peugeot 106 driven by a 22-year-old from San Gwann.
The victim was thrown from the car with the force of impact.
Another of his friends, Miguel Camilleri, who was a passenger in the back seat, was critically injured and needed an operation, while the other two, including the driver, were not hurt.
A Magisterial inquiry is under way.