A 38-year-old Vietnamese woman was grievously injured on Tuesday morning after being involved in a traffic accident in Triq in-Naxxar, Lija, the police said.

The accident occurred at around 8.15am. The woman, who resides in St Paul's Bay, was hit by a King Long bus driven by a 38-year-old man from Ghana who lives in Msida.

She was given first aid by a medical team at the scene before being taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where she was certified as suffering from grievous injuries.