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Four passengers were hospitalised on Tuesday afternoon after a collision between the van they were in and a fuel bowser in Republic Street in the heart of Victoria.

The accident happened at about 2.30pm.

The Toyota van was being driven by a 23-year-old man from Marsascala and the bowser by a 34-year-old man from San Lawrenz.

The police said that following the collision, the van crashed into a parked car and two motorbikes, which were also parked.

Although both drivers were unhurt, four passengers in the van, aged between 53 and 60, suffered injuries, one of them grievous, the others slight. They were assisted by a medical team and members of the Civil Protection Department on site before they were transferred to the Gozo General Hospital by ambulance.

No fuel appears to have been spilled as a result of the accident.  

Woman injured in Kirkop three-car crash

The police also reported on Tuesday that a 21-year-old Romanian woman was injured in a collision involving three cars in Triq L-Ewwel Titjira 1915, Kirkop.

The accident happened at about 8am and involved a Toyota Vitz driven by the Romanian woman,  a Toyota Vitz driven by a 36-year-old man from Lija and a  Nissan Micra, driven by a 46-year-old woman from Żurrieq.

Two motorcyclists, pillion rider hospitalised

In another traffic accident, a motorcyclist was injured in Siġġiewi on Tuesday afternoon.

The police said the accident took place at 1pm in Triq Blat il-Qamar and involved a Honda NSC driven by a 27-year-old Czech man and a Toyota Hilux driven by a 46-year-old man from Mosta.  A 25-year-old woman, also from the Czech Republic,  was riding pillion on the motorcycle.

In the wake of the accident, another motorcycle driven by a 26-year-old man from the Czech Republic went out of control and fell.

The two motorcyclists and the pillion rider were taken to hospital.

The pillion rider was found to have been seriously injured. The condition of the motorcyclists is not yet known.