A 21-year-old woman was seriously injured in a traffic collision in Luqa, police said, after a van and a motorcycle collided in Triq Ħal Farruġ.
Newsbook reported that the crash happened at about 8am and involved a Citroen Berlingo driven by a 28-year-old Turkish man who lives in Luqa, and a Honda motorcycle.
The motorcycle was being driven by a 51-year-old man from Siġġiewi. The injured woman, also from Siġġiewi, was riding as a passenger.
A medical team was called to the scene and both motorcycle occupants were taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. Police said the woman was later certified as having suffered grievous injuries, while the rider sustained slight injuries.
The bare facts are clear enough. A passenger left for hospital with the worst of it. What remains absent, for now, is the part that usually matters most in road collisions: how the impact happened, and whether any enforcement or road-design question sits behind it. Police described the account as preliminary.
That is not unusual at this stage. It is just the difference between a collision report and an explanation.
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