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.