A British millionaire is in hospital after a supercar crashed at a motor show, injuring 28 people.
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Businessman Paul Bailey, 55, was driving the Porsche 918 Spyder when it clipped the grass, spun out of control and ploughed into spectators at the event in Malta.
Mr Bailey, who is in a stable condition, is among 13 people who are still in hospital, according to reports.
Five of those injured were in a critical condition, allegedly including a six-year-old girl, while the driver and others were taken to hospital with fractures or cuts, and the rest suffered minor injuries.
On Monday morning, it was reported that the young girl's condition had improved and that four others who were in a critical condition were now stable. Another has been taken out of intensive care, according to the Times of Malta.
Dr Chris Fearne, Malta's health secretary, said 13 people remained in hospital and that 10 would need surgery, including one who will need a second operation after having been operated on last night. The injuries were mostly head, chest and fractures.
The newspaper said that just a few minutes before the crash, Mr Bailey had spoken of his pride at having flown four of his supercars to Malta for free to support a charity. The event was in aid of L-Istrina, the biggest fund-raising event of the Malta Community Chest Fund.
A woman who answered Mr Bailey's wife Selena's phone told The Telegraph on Monday that they were "not allowed" to make any comment.
A spokeswoman for Malta's President, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, said she was "traumatised and devastated" by the incident.
The spokeswoman said a magisterial inquiry is under way.
Witnesses said the car was driving at high speed along an unused airport taxiway in the Hal Farrug district when the accident happened on Sunday.
An eyewitness told Times of Malta: "The car was speeding down the taxiway when a back wheel went on the grass.
"The car spun out of control, went through the barriers where a large crowd was watching, and into the area of the static car exhibition.
"Many people were hit, there was chaos and screams."
Mr Bailey, a self-made millionaire from Rutland, in the East Midlands, has a collection of more than 30 supercars, including a £866,000 ($1.8 million) McLaren P1 and £1.2 million customised Ferrari.
He bought the limited edition Porsche Spyder for £780,000 in January this year.
He said at the time: "I have been waiting, in real terms, about two years for the LaFerrari. Early images of these cars were snapped and emotions rose as delivery dates came closer.
"I was offered one of the first five UK cars but these did not have the level of personalisation that I have had.
"This is the first UK car with full personalisation and it was worth the wait.
"I live a very surreal life and being the first to own all three does not feel real."
Mr Bailey raffles rides in his cars to make money for charity.
He made his £28 million fortune when he sold a phone-conferencing firm in 2012.
The rest of the motor show, hosted by Malta's president to raise money for charity, was cancelled.
