A 48-year-old Italian plasterer who lives in Swieqi is in a critical condition after he fell from a scaffolding in Triq il-Parrocca, Naxxar where he was working.

The accident happened at around 1.30pm.

The police said the men fell from a height of about two metres. He was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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