A 20-year-old foreign national sustained grievous injuries but is in a stable condition after falling a height of one-and-a-half storeys into an empty swimming pool, the police said yesterday.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. when the man who was carrying out works in a private resident in Main Road, Siġġiewi fell off a balcony into the pool.

The man was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital where initially he was certified as being in critical condition.

Duty Magistrate Edwina Grima was informed about the case.

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