Electric scooter user hospitalised after being run over by car

Woman user of electric scooter is run over in Gżira

The accident involving an e-scooter user happened at 1:45am on Tuesday in Gżira (File photo)
The accident involving an e-scooter user happened at 1:45am on Tuesday in Gżira (File photo)

A woman on an electric scooter sustained serious injuries after she was run over in Gżira at around 1:45am, police said.

The accident happened along Triq ix-Xatt and initial investigations showed that the French woman from Pietà was run over by a Volkswagen car. The driver of the car is a 23-year-old man from Pietà.

The woman was given first aid by a medical team from Mater Dei Hospital and was later certified to have suffered from serious injuries.

Police investigations are ongoing.