BEIRUT: Two men, including a teen, are dead after a Tuesday morning motorcycle accident in Beirut, a security source told The Daily Star.

Sarmad Yacoub Youssef, 17, and his passenger, 22-year-old Bonik George Eliya, died after a driver car hit them on the Mar Takla road in the Jdiedeh neighborhood, east of Beirut, he said.

Following the crash, Rania Amin Najjar handed herself over to police.

In a separate incident, nine people were injured, some seriously, in a tragic car accident on the Beirut-Damascus highway early Tuesday, according to the same source.

He said the accident involved three vehicles – a Nissan, Kia and Golf that were driven by George Kamal al-Bustani, Rabih Ali al-Jari and Issmat al-Ashkar.

Separately, a Nissan skidded out of control to land in Beirut River. The driver, Klara Tanious Tannouri, was taken to hospital where she is reported to be in a stable condition.