A 47-year-old man from Rabat was grievously injured when he fell a height of one storey down a shaft this morning, the police said.

He was working on a construction site in Triq is-Siegh, Swieqi.

The incident occurred at 10.20am.

The man was pulled out by rescuers of the Civil Protection Department.

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