Four persons were injured, two seriously, in a collision between a car and a bus in Paola Hill this afternoon.
The more seriously injured were two men, aged 21 and 18 from Marsa and Pembroke respectively. They were riding in a Citroen Saxo car which was hit on the passenger side by the bus. Two bus passengers were slightly injured.
The accident happened at about 2.15 pm close to Corradino Prison.
The busy road was closed for some time as rescuers from the Civil Protection Department helped free the injured from the wreckage of the car.
A magisterial inquiry is under way.