An eight-year-old boy was critically injured on Saturday morning when he fell off a balcony three storeys up, landing on a parked car below. 

The child was at a residence on Triq il-Villeġġjatura in St Paul’s Bay when the incident was reported to the police at around 9.30am. 

A medical team rushed the boy to Mater Dei Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. Doctors say he is seriously injured. 

Magistrate Nadine Lia is leading an inquiry into the case.

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