KUWAIT CITY, Feb 9:  A Sri Lankan woman in her 30s died when she was run over by a speeding vehicle on the Coastal Road near Mangaf, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
Reportedly, the victim was crossing the road when the accident occurred. Her corpse was referred to the Forensics Department and the motorist was referred to the police station for investigations.
Meanwhile, a nine-year-old Kuwaiti youth died instantly when he was run over by a heavy vehicle while he was crossing a street in Ahmadi.
His corpse was referred to the Forensics Department and securitymen have arrested the driver of the heavy vehicle.
Earlier on Friday, the remains of an Asian expatriate were referred to Forensics after he was run over by a speeding motorist while crossing the Sixth Ring Road, opposite Jleeb Shuyoukh.
In another story, a 17-year old boy was referred to Jahra Hospital with injuries in various parts of the body, and additional fracture to his leg, after his motorbike overturned in Metla’a area.

Citations issued - Cars seized :Officers from General Traffic Department (GTD) issued 7,449 citations against various traffic violations and seized 402 vehicles during a series of traffic campaigns that were launched across the country during the weekend.
According to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, officers issued 1,553 citations and seized 34 vehicles in Capital Governorate while they issued 910 citations and seized 30 vehicles in Farwaniya Governorate. In Hawally Governorate, officers issued 1,947 citations while in Ahmadi, 941 citations were registered and nine vehicles were seized.
In Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate, 126 citations were issued while in Jahra Governorate, 8,915 citations were registered and 80 vehicles were seized.
Officers from the General Operations Unit issued 846 citations and seized 249 vehicles while the officers at Kuwait International Airport issued 211 citations for various violations.