Two elderly Britons died and a young man was seriously injured in a head-on crash between a car and a van in Nadur late last night.
The crash, at about 11pm, happened on Triq ir-Rabat, better known as Tax-Xħajma.
The foreigners, aged 73 and 68, who live in Xagħra, died in the wreckage of their Suzuki car.
The young man, a 20-year-old Gozitan from Qala, who was driving a Peugeot Partner, is in hospital. He suffered serious injuries.
A magisterial inquiry is under way.