Paqpaqli supercar crash | Mother, daughter out of intensive care

The six-year-old girl and her mother – an assistant head – injured during Sunday’s supercar crash have been moved out of the hospital’s intensive therapy unit, after doctors confirmed that they are no longer in danger of dying.

A total of 10 patients remain in hospital following injuries sustained during the Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina tragic incident.

Two others remain in ITU.

Questions on lack of adequate safety measures are being raised, with motoring experts arguing that police barriers and water-filled barriers are not enough.

A former secretary general of the Malta Motorsport Federation told The Malta Independent that spectators cannot be separated from racing cars using “flimsy police barriers”.

“We always had to use concrete New Jersey barriers and strong fencing during races organised by the federation,” George Abdilla said, reiterating that riot control barriers were practically useless.

Events organised by the Malta Motorsport Federation, Island Car Club, Malta Drag Racing Association, Valletta Grand Prix and other clubs all have very strict safety standards, which the police enforce rigorously, Abdilla told the newspaper.

“Charity events seem to be a totally different kettle of fish. There are two weights and two measures, and that is what I am angry about, because this could have been prevented.”