A Sri Lankan woman died of injuries Thursday in a weather-related motorcycle crash on Dahr al-Basheq road in the Metn region northeast of Beirut.
A security source told The Daily Star that Vanita Patikiri died in the hospital after her motorcycle skidded off Dahr al-Basheq road Wednesday during heavy rain.
Her death was the third fatality after a winter storm swept through Lebanon Wednesday.
Two people died in a car accident Wednesday along the southern Sidon-Tyre highway by the town of Adloun.
Fears ran high that the storm, dubbed “Alexa,” would overwhelm the country’s dilapidated infrastructure. Public officials have been trading blame over the Public Works Ministry’s failure to clear the sewers and drainage systems ahead of the winter season. - The Daily Star
