Updated Wednesday 7.45am

A 25-year-old man was critically injured in a construction site accident in Sliema on Tuesday night. 

The man, who is from Attard, suffered serious injuries when a concrete pump exploded.

He was rushed to hospital following the 9pm incident and is being treated at Mater Dei for serious injuries. 

The Tower Road site is in the process of being rebuilt into a seven-storey guesthouse with a hotel.

Police were on site and the road from the Zara outlet to Tower Road was temporarily closed to traffic in the hours following the incident. 

Magistrate Philip Galea Farrugia is leading an inquiry into the case.

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