{"id":85725,"date":"2026-08-21T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/driver-left-with-serious-injuries-after-van-catches-fire-in-ebbu\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:50:00","slug":"driver-left-with-serious-injuries-after-van-catches-fire-in-ebbu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/driver-left-with-serious-injuries-after-van-catches-fire-in-ebbu\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver left with serious injuries after van catches fire in &#379;ebbu&#289;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driver left with serious injuries after van catches fire in &#379;ebbu&#289;<\/p>\n<p>A 41-year-old man from &#294;al-Qormi has suffered serious injuries after the van he was driving caught fire and crashed into the parapet of a private residence in &#294;a&#380;-&#379;ebbu&#289;.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened at around noon on Friday in Triq il-Mithna.<\/p>\n<p>According to a preliminary investigation, the man was driving a Ford Transit van when, for an as-yet unknown reason, its battery caught fire. The flames subsequently spread throughout the vehicle, causing the driver to lose control and crash into the parapet of a private residence.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Civil Protection Department and a medical team from Mater Dei Hospital were called to the scene to assist.<\/p>\n<p>The injured man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where he was later certified to have suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Dr Renata Farru&#289;ia LL.D was informed of the case and an inquiry has been opened.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations into the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>RSS Feed Source: Independent Malta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.com.mt\/articles\/2026-08-21\/local-news\/Driver-left-with-serious-injuries-after-van-catches-fire-in-Zebbug-6736292285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Driver left with serious injuries after van catches fire in &#379;ebbu&#289;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver left with serious injuries after van catches fire in &#379;ebbu&#289; A 41-year-old man from &#294;al-Qormi has suffered serious injuries after the van he was driving caught fire and crashed into the parapet of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2139],"tags":[1850],"class_list":["post-85725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malta-news","tag-abatement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopsofmalta.com\/malta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}