Two women were seriously injured in a traffic accident in Tarxien yesterday morning. The police said the driver of a Toyota Platz crashed into a tree in Tarxien Road as he was driving towards Żejtun at 7.45am. The driver, a 58-year-old man from Luqa, and his two female passengers, an 80-year-old and a 53-year-old, were hospitalised. The man was slightly injured.