An elderly woman was seriously injured this morning when she fell as a car she was about to board suddenly moved forward.
The police said the accident happened in Eucharistic Congress Street at 9.40.
An ambulance took the 68-year-old to hospital where she was found to be suffering serious injuries.
In a separate accident, the police said a 65-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell a height of two storeys at a construction site in St Rita Street, Birkirkara.
A magisterial inquiry is under way.