A teenage car driver is in hospital in critical condition after a road accident in Aviation Road, Gudja.

The accident happened at around quarter past midnight yesterday morning when, apparently, the young man lost control of his Honda car, crashed into a wall and ended on the opposite side of the road.

The driver, 18, was taken to hospital where he was found to be in critical condition. His passenger, a young man aged also 18, was uninjured. Duty Magistrate J. Padovani Grima has appointed experts to help her in an inquiry.