An 18-year-old Swiss girl was seriously injured after she fell off a roof into a shaft in Mġarr early this morning, the police said. 

The girl fell a height of three storeys at a residence in Triq il-Vanilja, l-Imġarr at 2.30am.

Civil Protection rescuers and a medical team were called to assist and took the victim to Mater Dei Hospital. She was later certified to have sustained grievous injuries but is not in critical condition. 

The cause of the fall is not yet known. 

The police are investigating. 

 

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