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.

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