An 80-year-old-man from Floriana was grievously injured when he was hit by a car in St Anne Street, Floriana, this morning.

The accident happened at about 8.40 a.m. a few metres from the traffic lights. People on the scene said the man was seen rolling on the bonnet of the car - a Rover 620 - and hitting the windscreen, badly damaging it. The car was being driven by a 21-year-old man from Zurrieq.

The elderly man was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

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