A woman is fighting for her life and a four-year-old boy is in hospital after a car accident in Żurrieq yesterday afternoon, the police have said.

The 65-year-old woman, of Fgura, was driving a Subaru Vivio and the boy was her passenger. Members of the Civil Protection Unit had to be called out to extract them both from the car.

The other vehicle was a Toyota Hiace being driven a 22-year-old man of Għaxaq, who was also taken to hospital.

The police are investigating the incident, which took place at around 12.45pm in Valletta Road.

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