A 39-year-old Bulgarian woman who lives in Sliema was this afternoon hit by a car which kept going as she was crossing Tower Road, Sliema, in the vicinity of Independence Gardens. She fractured her leg.

The police said the accident happened at 5.55pm when the woman was hit by a grey car with foreign number plates. The car was being driven in the direction of Tigne.

It is understood the woman was using a pedestrian crossing.

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