Car overturns and catches fire in Attard, injuring driver

A 27-year-old man was seriously injured after the car he was driving overturned and caught fire in Attard, according to police details reported by Newsbook.

Police said officers were called to Triq l-Imdina at about 05:00 after reports of a traffic incident. At the scene, they found a Toyota Vitz resting on its roof. The driver, from Qormi, and an 18-year-old female passenger from Swieqi were already outside the vehicle.

Initial police investigations indicate the car struck a street light pole before overturning and catching fire. That is a clear sequence of events, but not an explanation for why the crash happened, and the report does not pretend otherwise.

Both occupants were given medical assistance at the scene and taken by ambulance to Mater Dei Hospital. The driver was later certified as having suffered grievous injuries, while the passenger sustained slight injuries.

Members of the Civil Protection Department also attended the scene. The starkest fact in the report is also the simplest one: both people in the car managed to get out before it was engulfed by flames.

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