Construction worker hospitalized in serious condition after fall in northwest Calgary

EMS ambulance in Calgary. (file)

A worker on a northwest Calgary construction site was hospitalized Thursday following a fall.

An EMS spokesperson told CTV News that they were called to the site, in the 100 block of Roselake Street N.W., around 1:45 p.m.

They located a worker who had fallen off the roof of a home under renovation and they transported them to hospital in serious, potentially life-threatening condition.

An investigation by Occupational Health and Safety is underway into what caused the fall.