BURLINGTON, Ont. - A 21-year-old man has survived a six-storey fall from an apartment building balcony in Burlington.

Halton police say the man and his girlfriend were guests at a small party at the apartment.

He sustained serious, but non-life threatening, injuries and is currently being treated at Hamilton General Hospital.

Officers are investigating an allegation that the man assaulted the host of the party just before he fell.

The host received a serious laceration to his leg and was treated at Joseph Brant Hospital.