Two passenger vans crash, one overturns in Siġġiewi collision
Police say four people were hospitalised, but Transport Malta said no one was injured
Updated 6 pm
Two passenger vans crashed in the limit of Siġġiewi on Tuesday afternoon, causing one of them to overturn.
The incident was initially reported by Transport Malta, who in a statement said that the incident involved a minivan carrying school children and that no injuries were reported.
However, when contacted the police said that since the incident was reported at 2.15 pm four people had been taken to Mater Dei Hospital.
Later on Tuesday police were able to confirm that the collision had occurred between a Mercedes Sprinter and a Renault Master on Triq Mons Mikiel Azzopardi.
The Mercedes Sprinter, a school van, was being driven by a 52-year-old man from Għargħur, remained upright and neither the driver nor the passengers were injured.
The Renault Master was being driven by a 46-year-old man from San Ġwann and overturned as a result of the crash.
Four passengers in the van, three women aged 44, 48 and 63 from Siġġiewi and a 43-year-old woman from Rabat were injured and taken to Mater Dei Hospital.
Their condition had not been established at time of writing.
The road has since been reopened to traffic.