An eight-year-old girl from Iklin is in critical condition after she was involved in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon in Triq il-Bezbizija, Mosta.

The police said the car in which the girl was a passenger was involved in a crash with a police Ford Focus driven by a 23 year-old constable from Swieqi.

She was immediately conveyed to Mater Dei Hospital for further medical treatment.

Further investigations are underway while several experts have been appointed to assist with a magisterial inquiry.

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