A 31-year-old Russian woman was critically injured in a head-on collision on the Coast Road, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, early yesterday morning, the police said.

The woman was in a Nissan driven by a 19-year-old Russian man. The other car, a Fiat, was being driven by a 29-year-old man from St Paul's Bay.

Both men were hospitalised and although seriously injured, they are in a stable condition, the police said.

Duty Magistrate Jacqueline Padovani Grima opened an inquiry.

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