Two motorcyclists were injured, one of them critically, this afternoon after they were involved in separate accidents in St Andrews and Luqa.
The rider who is in danger of losing his life is a 24-year-old man from Fgura. He lost control of the Suzuki GSX-R600 he was riding and skidded into a traffic island at Triq il-Kunsill tal-Ewropa corner with Triq l-Avjazzjoni Civili, Luqa at 3.45pm, the police said.
An inquiry is being held.
In the second accident, a 33-year-old man from San Gwann was hospitalised following a collision between the motorbike he was riding and a Volkswagen Golf in St Andrew's Road, St Andrew's at 3.50pm.