A 30-year-old man from Birzebbuġa was seriously injured on Tuesday morning when he was hit by a bus while crossing the junction of Triq San Tumas with Triq il-Liedna in Fgura.

The route bus was being driven by a 33-year-old Moroccan man, who is being treated for shock.

Malta Public Transport said preliminary investigations from CCTV footage and monitoring systems indicated that the bus driver was driving below the speed limit and did not appear to be distracted at the time of the incident.

A magisterial inquiry is under way.

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