A 54-year-old worker was grievously injured this morning after falling 1.5 metres at a hotel in St Paul's Bay.

The victim fell off scaffolding while working at the hotel in Triq Dawret il-Gżejjer at around 8.30am.

The police said the worker, a Serb who lives in Msida.

He was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.

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