A 38-year-old man from St Paul's Bay was critically injured in a head-on crash between two cars on the road to T-Alla w Ommu hill in Maghtab this afternoon.

The crash, at about 4 p.m, involved a Hyundai Accent going towards Qawra and a Proton Wira that was being driven in the opposite direction to Naxxar.

Both cars were extensively damaged with the Proton, which the man had been driving, also having its windscreen shattered.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 41-year-old man from St Paul's Bay, is also being treated in hospital.

A magisterial inquiry is underway.

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