Two motorcyclists were grievously injured in separate accidents on Saturday night.

In the first, a 56-year-old Dane who lives in Swieqi was grievously injured when he lost control of his Peugeot Tweet and fell off the bike in Tower Road, Sliema at 11.45pm.

The second accident took place in Triq l-Imdina, Żebbuġ, at 1.45am. A 24-year-old man from Santa Venera also lost control of the Kawasaki ZR he was riding, caught the pavement and fell off the bike.

Both were taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.

The police are investigating.

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