Young girl critical after being hit by falling rocks

A nine-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hit by falling rocks when swimming in St Paul’s Bay on Monday, police report.

Another girl was slightly injured.

According to reports the injured girls were among a group of four who were swimming in an area known as Tal-Veccja when a wall collapsed sending rocks into the sea.

It is believed that MP Silvio Parnis owns part of the property where the accident happened.