Family fatherless, boy critical after crash

January 01, 2010 10:57:33 AM

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A 35-year-old Fiji man died hours before New Year’s Eve celebrations went full throttle last night, in a road accident that has left his wife and one of their two sons, a five-year-old, seriously injured.

Police said the family was travelling to their Kalabu home when their vehicle collided with a four-wheel drive Pajero.

The man died instantly.

His wife and the five-year-old are seriously injured, with the boy on life-support while his 10-year-old brother suffered minor injuries and was not hospitalised.

The accident happened in Laqere, Nasinu at 5 pm yesterday bringing the road death toll for the year to 47.

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