An eight-year-old boy from Attard is in a critical condition after being involved in a car crash in Siġġiewi, the police said yesterday.

The incident took place in Mqabba Road at around 3.15 p.m., when his 42-year-old mother lost control of her Toyota Vitz and crashed into a tree. An ambulance rushed to the scene and took mother and child to Mater Dei Hospital, where the boy was found to be in critical condition. The woman sustained slight injuries.

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