A 70-year-old man from Żejtun is fighting for his life after falling down a well I a Marsaxlokk field yesterday afternoon.

Police said in a statement that they were alerted to the incident in Triq il-Beatu Bartolo Longo at around 3pm yesterday. 

CPD officials were called in to retrieve him from the well and medics administered him first aid and took him to hospital.