A biker was critically injured in an accident in Zejtun on Sunday evening, the police said.

The accident took place in President Anton Buttigieg Street at 7.45pm.

The biker, a man from Bulgaria aged 38, was riding a Honda 600 Hornet which was involved in a collision with a Mitsubishi L200 driven by a 63-year-old man of Zejtun.

He was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace is leading an inquiry.