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VIDEO: Worker injured in accident at Abbotsford housing development

A man was airlifted to hospital after an accident at a construction site in the Auguston area.
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A worker at a housing development in the Auguston area was airlifted to hospital Tuesday morning after being injured on the job.

The injured worker was on an inside landing in one of several houses being built in a new subdivision when he fell more than a storey to the basement below.

He was treated by paramedics after sustaining serious injuries and was taken by air ambulance to Royal Columbian Hospital.

WorksafeBC has begun an investigation.