Updated at 1.15pm with Heritage Malta statement

A foreign workman sustained serious injuries after he fell at a construction site in Valletta on Friday.

Police were called in to investigate after the man fell a height of three storeys at the Auberge d'Italie in Merchant Street around 10am. The auberge is being turned into an art museum by Heritage Malta.

A medical team, together with the Civil Protection Department, rushed to the scene to provide assistance. 

Heritage Malta said that the man is employed with a private contractor, and was currently being treated in hospital.

 

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