Two men were hospitalised, a woman was treated for shock and a baby escaped injury in a crash between two cars on the Ghaxaq bypass this afternoon.

The two men, aged 21 and 18, both from Ghaxaq, were in a Ford Escort which was involved in a crash with an Alfa Romeo. The woman, 32 from Zejtun, who was driving it, was treated for shock on the scene. A baby in the back was not hurt.

The incident took place at about 4.10 pm.