A man is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a car crash in Mellieha on Wednesday evening, the police said.

The accident happened in Triq Louis Wettinger at 7.30pm.

It involved a BMW 640D driven by a 37-year-old man of Iklin and a BMW 120D driven by a 26-year-old woman of Swieqi.

The man was taken to hospital for treatment. The woman was unhurt.