Woman grievously injured in three-storey fall

An 18-year-old Swiss woman fell through a shaft in the early hours of this morning.

The incident took place at about 2:30am in Triq il-Vanilja, Mgarr when the woman fell off the roof three storeys high and landed in the shaft.

Members of the Civil Protection Deptartment helped to move the woman while a medical team tended to her injuries. An ambulance took her to Mater Dei hospital where it was later declared that she had suffered grievous injuries but was not in danger of dying.

Police investigations are still underway.