A 23-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident in Aldo Moro Street in Marsa early yesterday morning, the police said.

The police said the man from Burkina Faso who resides at the Ħal Far Open Centre, was struck by a Volkswagen Passat driven by a 28-year-old man from Sta Venera at around 12.15 a.m. The victim was taken to hospital where he died some time later.

In another incident, a 60-year-old Scotsman died yesterday morning after he fell in St Paul’s Bay.

The man was walking in Triq L-Imsell when he fell as he stepped up a pavement on Friday night.

The cause of the fall has not yet been established. An ambulance took him to hospital where he was kept for observation but he died yesterday morning.

A 76-year-old man from Żebbuġ was seriously injured after he was hit by a car in Triq Sciortino, Żebbuġ, yesterday morning.

The police said the car, a Hyundai i20, was being driven by a 22-year-old woman from Żebbuġ.

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