Updated Thursday 8.50am

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident on Marina Road in Msida at 7.15pm.

The police said the motorcyclist, a 36-year-old Libyan who lives in San Ġwann, was riding a Sym Jet, involved in a crash with a Ford Transit that was being driven by a 41-year-old Libyan who lives in Naxxar.

The accident caused a tailback on the carriageway leading from Floriana to Msida, with police officers redirecting traffic to other streets. Readers reported that several route buses were stuck in traffic as they could not go around the site of the accident.

The road has now been reopened.