A woman in her seventies lost her life following a car accident on the Viseisei bypass road yesterday. Senior Superintendent of Police Mitieli Divuana, the Director of Traffic, reported that the deceased was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a 36-year-old woman, who is now considered the suspect in the incident.
According to SSP Divuana, preliminary information indicates that the suspect allegedly lost control of her vehicle, which veered off the road and collided with a post. The force of the impact caused the vehicle to swing back onto the road, where it struck another vehicle.
The suspect is currently receiving treatment at Lautoka Hospital, while the driver of the second vehicle and his passenger were unharmed. With speeding identified as a contributing factor to the accident, drivers are being reminded to adhere to speed limits for the safety of all road users.
This incident has brought the current road death toll to 37, a decrease from 60 fatalities during the same period last year.