A 50-year-old workman sustained grievous injuries while working in a construction site in Swieqi this afternoon.

The police said the incident happened around 12.30pm in Triq V. Menville where the worker, an Italian national, fell a height of around a storey.

Civil Protection Department rescuers were on site to assist the victim before he was rushed to hospital.

Police are investigating.

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