Updated 4.18pm

A 61-year-old had to be rushed to hospital after being hit by fallen debris from a construction site.

The man, from Swieqi, was working on the site in Msida when he was hit. The police said that he was seriously injured.

The incident took place in Triq il-Wied, Msida at 1.20pm.

Last month, no fewer than three serious accidents took place in construction sites just a few days apart from each other.

In November, the country was outraged after a 26-year-old man died after falling nine storeys at a construction site in Sliema.

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