An eight-year-old boy was grievously injured on Wednesday when he was hit by a car in St Paul's Bay.

The police said the accident - on Triq it-Tamar - was reported at around 6pm.

The boy - from Bosnia and Herzegovina - was hit by a Chevrolet Spark driven by a 29-year-old man from North Macedonia and who lives in St Paul's Bay.

Police investigations are ongoing. 

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