70 year old woman dies in Viseisei bypass car crash

A woman in her 70s has died following a car accident along the Viseisei bypass road.

Director Traffic Senior Superintendent of Police Mitieli Divuana says the victim was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a 36 year old woman.

Divuana says initial information gathered revealed that the suspect allegedly lost control of her vehicle causing it to veer off the road and hit a post which caused the vehicle to swing back on to the road where it hit another vehicle.

He says the driver is currently admitted at the Lautoka Hospital while the driver of the second vehicle and his passenger did not sustain injuries.

SSP Divuana says with speeding being the alleged cause of the accident, drivers are again urged to drive within the speed limit.

The road death toll currently stands at 37 compared to 60 for the same period last year.