No fatalities in harrowing Msida skatepark incident where car drops upside down

Potentially fatal accident as two-seater vehicle drops into Msida Skatepark and overturns

Surreal: the overturned car at the base of the Msida skatepark
Surreal: the overturned car at the base of the Msida skatepark

Updated at 1:21pm to reflect police statement confirming injuries sustained by driver

Police and Civil Protection Department were yesterday called to the scene of a harrowing motor incident, in which a car drove right into the Msida Skatepark, overturned and came to rest upside down.

The footage of the car shows the tiny vehicle, a two-seater, resting upside down by the skatepark’s ramps, with onlookers having witnessed the potentially fatal accident that took place at 10:30pm.

Police said on Friday morning that the 29-year-old driver from Hamrun had to be hospitalised. He sustained grievous injuries.

Footage from the site seemed to show that the incident could have been much worse, with a number of young people happening to be in the park when the accident happened.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Net News has the footage: