Comino rock collapse: one dead, two injured as search continues
Emergency crews search the area near Santa Marija Battery amid concerns others may have been involved.
Updated 9.35pm
One person has been killed and two others were injured off Comino on Saturday evening after a natural rock arch collapsed onto a passing jet ski.
An eyewitness told Times of Malta the accident happened beneath Santa Marija Battery at around 7pm when an arch collapsed onto a jet ski that was passing underneath it.
The eyewitness described seeing people standing on top of the archway, which is situated close to the pig farm, "just 10 minutes before the incident".
An eyewitness took this photograph "10 minutes before the rock collapsed".Sources told Times of Malta a man dived off the natural rock arch into the sea and the rock collapsed. He managed to come out of the water but is believed to have suffered "slight injuries", the sources said.
A jet ski with two people on it was struck by the falling rocks and destroyed, with debris seen floating in the water. A man was killed and a woman was grievously injured and taken to Gozo General Hospital for treatment. Her injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
All three are understood to be tourists, the sources said.
The Armed Forces of Malta and the Civil Protection Department were deployed on site.
Sources said the body of the man has been located but AFM and CPD divers are still working to recover the victim.
More to follow.