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.

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