Updated 2.30pm - Full report
A man was seriously hurt this afternoon after falling from scaffolding at a popular sports store in Psaila Street, Birkirkara.
The man, a 29-year-old Sicilian who lives in Malta, was working on renovations at the store when he fell at around 12.30pm.
Eyewitnesses said shoppers could be seen leaving sports store Eurosport in shock as emergency services arrived on site. A staff member at the store hung up when contacted.
Magistrate Caroline Farrugia Frendo is leading an inquiry into the incident. It is the second such accident in the past 12 hours, with a Romanian man also in hospital after he fell from a construction site in Vittoriosa earlier today.
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