Updated | Syrian construction worker dies in three-storey fall

An 18-year-old Syrian teenager died this afternoon after falling approximately three storeys at about noon at a construction site in Triq Ta’ Paris, Birkirkara.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the rope holding the plank he was on snapped, causing the fall. The teenager was working at the site of a state school.

The teenager, who lives in Tarxien, suffered critical injuries and was conveyed to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. He succumbed to his injuries moments later. 

Further investigations are ongoing.

A magisterial inquiry is underway.