A 15-year-old girl who was critically injured when she was hit by a car on Saturday near the Cottonera Sports Complex, passed away last night, the police said.

She had been crossing the road with her six-year-old brother when they were hit by a Toyota Vitz driven by a man, 38, from Pieta.

The boy was slightly injured.

A magisterial inquiry is under way.

It was the second traffic fatality in as many days. A man died when his pick-up van was involved in collision with a car near St Vincent de Paul Home on Saturday evening.

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