A woman was seriously injured early this morning when she was hit by a car in St Julian’s the police said.

The accident took place in St George’s Road at 3.30am.

The 30-year-old Russian woman was hit by a Peugeot 607 driven by a 41-year-old man of Marsascala.

The woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech ordered an inquiry.