A foreign student was seriously injured on Saturday when she was hit by a bus while crossing the Birkirkara bypass in Tal-Qroqq.
The police said the victim was a French woman, 25, living in Gżira.
The bus was being driven by a 43-year-old man from Sliema.
Neighbours said that the place where the incident happened, close to a pastizzeria, was an accident black spot.