A 63-year-old woman is in critical condition after she fell a height of one storey from her residence in Fontana, yesterday, the police said.

The accident occurred at just after midday.

She was taken to the Gozo general hospital by ambulance and later transferred to Mater Dei in Malta.

Police investigations are under way while duty magistrate Paul Coppini appointed experts to assist in the inquiry.

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