Fourteen people were treated at the Gozo Hospital following a collision between a car and a bus on Tuesday afternoon. 

It is understood that most were treated in casualty for minor injuries and everyone except the drivers of the bus and car were discharged within hours. 

The incident took place in Triq Ta' Xħajma in Nadur at around 3pm. The driver of the bus is a 45-year-old man from Pakistan who lives in St Paul's Bay while the driver of the Toyota Raf4 is a 60-year-old woman from Rabat, Gozo. 

Police along with Malta Public Transport were on site gathering information. There was also a medical team assisting the injured, including 15 other people who were not taken to hospital.

However, Health Minister Chris Fearne in a tweet thanked staff at Gozo General Hospital for their "prompt and efficient care to multiple injuries following a major traffic accident".

The accident was first highlighted by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri on Facebook, where he described it as "terrible".

The accident comes days after 17-year-old Kacey Sciberras died in a traffic accident on the Central Link Road in Attard. 

She was a passenger in a Chevrolet Aveo which is believed to have gone out of control and died on the spot. 

Another 17-year-old girl, from Attard, and the driver, a 20-year-old man from St Paul's Bay, were hospitalised with serious injuries.

But this was not the only fatality in May.

On May 6 two men riding a motorcycle died following a collision with a car being driven the wrong way near Mosta. The driver has been accused of involuntary homicide.

A 54-year-old former AFM soldier died last Sunday when he lost control of his motorcycle on the Birkirkara bypass. 

The government also announced this month that a bureau to investigate road accidents will be set up by December.