A 70-year-old priest from St Paul's Bay was seriously injured this morning in a head-on crash between a route bus and a Subaru.
The incident happened shortly after 9 a.m. as the van was coming out of Mistra. The bus was being driven by a 30-year-old man from Mosta
The priest, Fr Alfred Baldacchino, suffered injuries to his back and an arm. Rescuers from the nearby Civil Protection Department station had to use cutting equipment to free him from the wreckage.