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A 51-year-old woman from Qormi was seriously injured this afternoon in a head-on crash involving two cars at the bottom of T'Alla W'Ommu Hill, limits of Naxxar, eyewitnesses said. A 59-year-old woman from Sliema was also seriously injured. Both women are not in danger of losing their life.

The crash involved a Toyota Aygo and a Mazda 323. The Toyota was being driven by a 59-year-old woman from Sliema and the Mazda by a 51-year-old woman from Qormi.

Members of the Civil Protection Department had to use cutting equipment to pull out the driver of the Mazda before she could be rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

The road was closed for some hours.

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