A driver was critically injured and trapped in the wreckage of his car during a crash into the Sta Venera Aqueduct this morning.

People on the scene said the driver of the Vitz, a 52-year-old from Marsa, swerved into the aqueduct in order to avoid a head-on crash with a BMW which was overtaking two cars.

The driver of the Vitz was extracted from his vehicle by rescuers of the Civil Protection Department.

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