(PR 370/26)
Yesterday, at around 1430hrs, the Police were informed that assistance was needed in a block of apartments, in Triq L-Aħmar, Marsascala.
The Police went immediately on site and preliminary investigation showed that two Syrians, aged 26 and 18 years, were working in a shaft and fell.
Members of the Civil Protection Department and a medical team were called on site to assist the workers, after which they were taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance. They were later certified to have suffered grievous injuries.
Police investigations, as well as that of the Health and Safety Authority at work, are ongoing.