Four injured after underage driver crashes car in late night Swieqi incident

Four people were admitted to Mater Dei hospital last night after an underage driver collided with a wall in Triq il-Madliena, Swieqi at around 1.30am on Saturday morning.

The police were notified of the incident soon after it happened, discovering that the car, a Renault Zoe rented from a car sharing service, was driven by a 17-year-old girl from St. Paul’s Bay. The young girl was illegally driving the car when she lost control and crashed into a wall, injuring herself and three other passengers.

The passengers, a 21-year-old man from Naxxar, a 20-year-old Swiss man living in Swieqi and a 19-year-old Chilean woman living in St. Julian’s sustained injuries, with the Naxxar resident certified to have sustained serious injuries.

Police investigations are currently under way.

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