Five people have been injured this afternoon when an ambulance crashed into a speed camera on the Birkirkara bypass, police said.

The driver, the porter and three patients were injured in the accident, which took place at 12.45pm close to the Mater Dei Hospital. 

The injured people are the 45-year-old driver from Zebbug, his assistant, a 50-year-old from Vittoriosa, and the three patients - a 58-year-old from St Paul's Bay, a 78-year-old from Mosta and a 77-year-old, also from Mosta.