A senior citizen was critically injured in a traffic collision in Mellieħa on Friday afternoon, the police said on Saturday.

The 75-year-old St Paul’s Bay man was driving a Ford Ka on Triq il-Marfa when he was involved in a collision with a Peugeot Expert at around 2.30pm.

He was given first aid on-site and then rushed to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where doctors treated him for serious injuries.

The 29-year-old German national driving the Peugeot was not injured in the incident.

Magistrate Joe Mifsud is leading an inquiry into the case.

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