A woman was seriously injured on Tuesday morning in a head-on crash between her car and a truck on the Siġġiewi bypass.
The accident happened at about 7am.
The woman, 42 from Zurrieq, was driving a Toyota Vitz. She was trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle and rescuers from the Civil Protection Department had to peel off the roof of the car to get her out.
The truck was being driven by a 45-year-old man from Ħamrun.
The road is closed to traffic.