Updated | 70-year-old man seriously injured in Selmun hill accident
A traffic accident between a car and a bus has led to the car's driver being seriously injured and the temporary closure of Selmun hill (St Paul’s Bay).
12:02 Police said the accident was caused when a Subaru, driven by a 70-year-old man from St Paul’s Bay, was involved in an accident with a bus, driven by a 30-year-old man from Mosta.
Police said that personnel from the Civil Protection Department were called to the scene and were able to extract the 70-year-old man and rush him to hospital.
The man was then certified to be suffering from grievous injuries.
The road has been opened to traffic as normal.
10:00am, police advised drivers to use alternative routes until it can be reopened.