A 32-year-old man from Balzan was grievously injured this morning after the van he was driving crashed into a tree.

The police said the accident happened on the Marsa by-pass at 3.15am.

The man had to be assisted out of the vehicle by members of the Civil Protection Department, who also cleared the road.

He was transferred to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.

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