A three year-old girl was hit by a car in Xaghjra this evening, the police said.

The incident took place in Triq l-Ispnott and involved a Ford Escort driven by a 42-year-old woman, also from Xghajra.

The young girl was hospitalised. Her condition was not immediately known.

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