A woman in her 70s has died following a car accident on the Viseisei bypass road yesterday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mitieli Divuana, the Director of Traffic, reported that the victim was a passenger in a vehicle operated by a 36-year-old woman, who is the suspect in the incident.
Initial investigations suggest that the suspect lost control of her vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and collide with a post. The force of the impact caused the vehicle to swing back onto the road, where it then struck another vehicle.
The suspect is currently receiving treatment at Lautoka Hospital, while the driver of the second vehicle and their passenger were unharmed. SSP Divuana emphasized that speeding was a contributing factor to the accident and urged drivers to adhere to speed limits for everyone’s safety.
The current road death toll stands at 37, a decrease from 60 during the same period last year.