Five injured following vehicle collision on Praslin |24 April 2020

The pick-up truck and the car that were involved in the accident (Photo source: Facebook)

Four among five persons – two adults and two children – involved in a vehicle collision on Côte D’Or road, Praslin, are being treated at the Seychelles Hospital after being flown to Mahé yesterday.

One among the four is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while the fifth victim is being treated on Praslin.

The collision, reported to the police at around 10.45am yesterday, occurred in the vicinity of the Acajou Hotel between a pick-up truck heading towards Côte D’Or and a car which was travelling in the opposite direction.

Admitted in the ICU is the driver of the car, a 34-year-old man from Baie Ste Anne who sustained a broken leg among other injuries to his body including his face.

A 13-year-old boy has injuries to his face while a three-year-old girl has been injured in both her face and head.

A 29-year-old woman from Baie Ste Anne has sustained a broken leg, injuries to the face, arm and was also complaining of body pain.

The victim who has remained on Praslin for treatment is a 39-year-old man of Côte D’Or who has sustained scratches in the face and injury to the neck.

The impact of the accident observed by scene responding officers leads them to believe that there was speed involved and again the police are calling on road users, mainly drivers, to be more responsible when taking to the road.

An investigation is underway to establish the facts around the accident.

This accident comes only two days after the one that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday at Carana (North East Point) on Mahé in which three men died and one still recuperating in ICU.

Police communique