An elderly man was hospitalised on Saturday morning after he was hurt in a traffic collision with a bus on the Birkirkara bypass.

The 90-year-old man, who lives in Sliema, was driving a Chevrolet Matiz on Triq Dun Karm when the collision happened at around 6.30am, the police said. 

The King Long bus was being driven by a 49-year-old Ħamrun resident. 

A medical team administered first aid on-site and then took the 90-year-old to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. His injuries have been certified by doctors as being grievous in nature. 

A police investigation into the incident is being led by local district police. 

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