A 53-year-old man was grievously injured on Friday when he was hit by a car in Sliema.

The police said the accident happened in Tower Road at around 2.30pm.

The victim, who is Austrian, was hit by a car that was being driven by a 35-year-old Italian who lives in Mġarr.

He wa taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.

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