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.