A worker was injured this afternoon when one side of a quarry collapsed.

The incident happened at about 2 pm. in a quarry located between Mgarr and Mosta.

Sources said a section of the quarry, about four storeys high and six metres wide, suddenly collapsed.

The worker realised what was happened, jumped from an earth mover and ran, but was trapped by rolling boulders and is thought to have fractured a leg.

He was rescued by a team from the Civil Protection Department and was hospitalised. 

The earth mover was destroyed.

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