Three elderly female passengers were injured early this morning, two of them grievously, when the bus they were on crashed into a parked pick-up truck.

The incident happened on Triq Wied il-Ghajn.

The bus was travelling from Marsascala towards Zabbar. Its windscreen and front area were damaged in the crash.

The Iveco pick-up was also heavily damaged.

The passengers who were grievously injured are aged 75 and 57 and live in Żabbar and Fgura, respectively. The third woman, a 65-year-old from in Żabbar, was slightly injured.

The bus was being driven by a 29-year-old man from Naxxar.

The road has been closed to traffic.

Meanwhile, a bendy bus was this morning also involved in a small collision with three cars in Attard. No one was injured.

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