Żebbuġ scooter crash leaves girl critical

Police said they were alerted at about 10pm that assistance was needed at the scene. Officers who went to Mdina Road found the girl after the fall. She was given medical assistance and taken by ambulance to Mater Dei Hospital, where she was later certified as suffering from serious injuries.

Magistrate Renata Farrugia was informed of the case and ordered an inquiry.

The public account, for now, is spare: a teenager, an e-kick scooter, a loss of control, and injuries serious enough for doctors to fear the worst. That brevity leaves little room for confident explanation, which is probably just as well. Beyond the basic sequence given by police, the responsible thing is to stop where the known facts stop.

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