Updated at 4.28pm

A 45-year-old man was hospitalised after slipping and banging his head against the ground while carrying out some repair works in Delimara on Wednesday afternoon.

The man, a Żejtun resident, was working on a ladder when he fell around one-and-a-half metres and hurt his head.

He was seriously injured in the fall, the police said in a statement. 

The incident was reported to the police shortly before 3pm. An ambulance rushed him to Mater Dei Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. Civil Protection Department officials were also on site.

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