A 21-year-old from Mqabba and a 19-year-old from Kalkara are fighting for their lives after they were critically injured in two separate car crashes on Sunday morning.

A 21-year-old man from Mqabba was critically injures in a crash near the Lufthansa hangar at Hal Farrug early on Sunday morning.

The police said the man was driving a Fiat Punto towards Mqabba when he lost control and crashed into a wall at around 02:00hrs CEST.

He was rushed to Mater Dei hospital where he is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

Magistrate Edwina Grima is holding an inquiry.

In a second traffic accident a 19-year-old driver from Kalkara was critically injured when his Toyota crashed into a wall at the Regional Road tunnel at around 07:45hrs CEST on Sunday morning.

The man was rushed to Mater Dei hospital where he is also being trated for life-threatening injuries.

An inquiry is under way.

The road was subsequently closed for traffic.

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