A man was grievously injured on Tuesday after falling from a balcony around one storey high at a construction site in San Ġwann.

The police said the accident happened in Triq in-Naxxar.

The victim, a 67-year-old man from Swieqi, was working at the site when he fell.

He was given first aid by a medical team on site and then taken Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.

The police are investigating.

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