Man dies in traffic accident in Bahar ic-Caghaq

A 21-year-old man from San Gwann lost his life following a traffic accident in Bahar ic-Caghaq.

The young man lost control of his Kawasaki ZR motorbike he was driving in the direction of St Julian's. The Police said the man skidded and collided with a car driven by a 50-year-old woman from Mellieha.

The Civil Protection Department was called in to extract the man caught beneath the car's wreckage who was then taken to hospital, where the man died. The woman escaped uninjured.