The police are looking for a motorcyclist who kept on driving after hitting a man on an e-scooter in St Julian's close to Balluta Bay last night.
The incident happened in Manuel Dimech Street at about 10.30pm on Sunday. The victim, a 35-year-old Italian, was hospitalised and found to be suffering serious injuries.
In a separate accident, a pedestrian was injured while crossing St Joseph High Road, Ħamrun, just after midnight on Monday.
The police said he was hit by a Toyota Passo, driven by a 27-year-old Briton residing in Senglea.
The victim, whose identity is unknown, was seriously injured.
Magistrate Leonard Caruana is holding inquiries into both cases.