KUWAIT CITY, April 4: A Kuwaiti who is believed to be in his thirties died, while his companion was seriously injured when their vehicle overturned and went up in flames on the Sixth Ring Road in front of Messilah at dawn yesterday. According to a security source, the Ministry of Interior operations room received a report on the accident, and immediately the security men, paramedics and firefighters went to the site and put out the fire and recovered the charred remains of the Kuwaiti. His friend allegedly climbed out of the vehicle and was taken to the Farwaniya Hospital. The source pointed out an investigation has been opened into the accident.

Meanwhile two Kuwaitis, believed to be cousins, died in a traffic accident on a road in Abdali. According to security sources, the vehicle ran out of control and overturned, allegedly due to speed, killing the two men and injuring another. The injured man was taken to the hospital by air ambulance. No more details are available