Updated at 5.25pm
A car overturned on Triq il-Mosta in Lija on Friday afternoon, sparking emergency services into action and causing significant traffic on the main thoroughfare.
The Toyota Tercel, which was being driven by a 19-year-old man from Lija, ended up flipped over on the opposite lane in a crash which involved four other cars.
The young man was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. The drivers of the four other cars - a 46-year-old Italian who lives in Sliema, an 82-year-old Naxxar man, 50-year-old man living in San Ġwann and 27-year-old woman from Mosta - were not hurt, the police said.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing an ambulance, police squad cars and Civil Protection Department members rush to the scene.