(PR 700/24)
A 13-year-old girl, at around 1015hrs, was taken to Mater Dei Hospital after being injured in a traffic accident in Triq Sir Philip Pullicino, Mtarfa.
Preliminary investigations showed that the girl, who was riding a bicycle, was hit by a Ford B Max that was being driven by a 25-year-old man from Mtarfa.
The girl was assisted by a medical team, taken to hospital by an ambulance and later certified to have sustained grievous injuries.
Police investigations are ongoing