Updated 5.15pm

A driverless refrigeration van rolled down Old Theatre Street in Valletta on Wednesday morning, grievously injuring two pedestrians and damaging scaffolding.

The accident happened at 9.20am. The van came to a stop when it crashed into the scaffolding.

The pedestrians - a 75-year-old man from Valletta and a 78-year-old man from Floriana -  were assisted by other passersby before being taken to Mater Dei Hospital in ambulances.

The police are investigating. 

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