Four hospitalised following traffic incident in Swieqi
The incident took place earlier this morning at Triq Sant Andrija
3 January 2021, 6:01pm
by Nicole Meilak
The incident took place at 9:30am at Triq Sant’ Andrija, Swieqi.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a crash had taken place between a Fiat 500, driven by a 30-year-old woman from Żurrieq, and a Toyota Vitz, driven by a 70-year-old man from Pieta’.
Two other persons, a 73-year-old woman from Xgħajra and a 76-year-old woman from Swieqi, were passengers in the Toyota car.
A 31-year-old man from Swieqi was a passenger in the Fiat car.
Medical assistance was requested on site and the two drivers, together with the two Toyota passengers, were taken to hospital by ambulance.
A major residential and business development project on the site of Mercury House - the old telephone exchange in Paceville - got even bigger on Thursday.
The board of the Planning Authority approved plans for the building of a 19-storey hotel instead of what was planned to be a five-storey structure. It will rise alongside a tower, now in an advanced stage of construction, which has been given a permit to grow by an additional two floors to 33.
Also approved on Thursday were a new nine-storey residential block and a bigger underground car park having a total of 717 parking slots.
A young driver charged with speeding and attempting to run over a LESA official at Swieqi on Wednesday, was granted bail on Thursday.
Jacob Farrugia, 24, from Qrendi, was arrested after the incident which took place at around 1.20pm on Wednesday, when the accused had been driving an Opel Corsa along Triq Sant’ Andrija, Swieqi.
Within 24 hours, the man was escorted to court and charged with assaulting or violently resisting the LESA inspector, insulting and threatening him, failing to obey traffic directions as well as the legitimate orders of two LESA officials.
He was further charged with dangerous and reckless driving and with exceeding speed limits.