A car driver was acquitted of all charges after a motorcycle collision that seriously injured the rider. The prosecution never established how the accident actually occurred.
Court of Magistrates (Malta) — Criminal · Magistrate Antoine Agius Bonnici · 30 March 2026
On 8 August 2024 at around 5:30pm in Triq Sant Antnin, Marsaskala, a collision occurred between a Toyota car driven by Mario Sammut and a Yamaha motorcycle ridden by Aleksander Vujakovic. Vujakovic suffered serious injuries and was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. Sammut was charged with dangerous driving, careless driving and involuntarily causing serious bodily harm. The court found the prosecution's evidence to be sparse. The police sergeant who attended confirmed the vehicles involved but when he arrived, the vehicles had already been moved. He could not say where the impact occurred or how the collision happened. He took photographs of the damage but these alone were not enough. Critically, the injured motorcyclist Vujakovic never testified in the proceedings about the facts of the accident. Without any account of how the collision happened, the court could not find Sammut guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
Acquitted on all charges. No fine, no disqualification, no penalty.
Traffic Regulation Ordinance Ch. 65 — dangerous and careless driving; Criminal Code Ch. 9 Art. 218 — causing serious injury