Updated 5.30 pm 

Two men were taken to hospital after the car they were in crashed into a tree in St Julian’s on Thursday afternoon. 

The police said the accident happened on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli (Regional Road) at 1.30 pm just outside the Ta' Giorni tunnels when a Nissan Qashqai driven by a 53-year-old man from St Paul’s Bay crashed into a tree. 

The driver and the passenger, a 31-year-old from Gżira, were taken to hospital. 

Police later confirmed that they were both grievously injured. 

After the initial crash, a Nissan van, driven by a 39-year-old man from Valletta, crashed into the Qashqai.

Police said the man was not injured. 

A police investigation is ongoing.

The road remained open to traffic.

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