A man died on Tuesday morning after being hit by a car in Tal-Barrani Road, limits of Zejtun, the police said.
The man, aged 47 of Qrendi, was hit by a Toyota Vitz that was being driven by a 26-year-old man of Naxxar.
In a first statement, the police said that he had been critically injured.
In a second statement less than an hour later, the police said that the man had died in hospital.
Magistrate Martin Farrugia is leading an inquiry.
The accident took place at 7.45am.