Updated 6pm 

A 19-year-old motorcyclist was grievously injured this afternoon after he was involved in a traffic accident on the main thoroughfare leading to Mġarr Harbour in Gozo. 

The accident happened at around 2.15pm on Mġarr Road in Għajnsielem and involved a 25-year-old Xewkija man driving an Isuzu van and a 19-year-old Għajnsielem resident riding a Sym Symphony motorbike. 

An ambulance was called to the scene following the crash and rushed the young motorcyclist to Gozo General Hospital, where doctors certified him as being grievously injured. 

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