A horse rider and a car driver were hospitalised after being injured when a horse bolted this morning in Triq Bella Vista, San Ġwann.

The incident happened at about 5.30 a.m.

The police said an 18-year-old who resides in San Ġwann was riding the horse towards Triq Taż-Żwejt from Regional Road when it bolted and threw the teenager onto the windscreen of a Daihatsu Sirion being driven by a 33-year-old woman from San Ġwann.

The horse was held by a passer by.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.