A woman aged 79 and a man aged 38 were injured this afternoon in a collision between their car and a pick-up carrying bricks.
The crash took place shortly after 3 pm, forcing the authorities to close the road for some time.
Ambulance crews and members of the Civil Protection Department were on the scene to free at least one person trapped in the wreckage.
The pick-up was being driven by a man from Qormi.