A 35-year-old man died late on Saturday when his car crashed into a tree in Garibaldi Road, Marsa.

The accident happened at about 10pm when the man, who is from Kirkop, was driving his Toyota Corolla towards Paola.

The car mounted a pavement and then crashed heavily into a tree.

The driver, Christian Camilleri, died on the spot. 

A magisterial inquiry is under way.

DRIVER INJURED IN BURMARRAD

Earlier on Saturday evening, a 19-year-old driver was seriously injured in a crash in Triq Għajn Riħana, Burmarrad. 

He was driving a Yamaha Crypton which was involved in collision with a Volkswagen Golf driven by a man, 20, from Mġarr.  

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