A young French tourist spent almost an hour trapped in a dark borehole shaft near the Blue Lagoon on Comino this afternoon before being pulled out be rescuers.
The man, 20, fell a height of three storeys when a manhole cover apparently gave way at about 1.30pm.
His partner called for help and the man was eventually pulled out by rescuers of the Civil Protection Department who were taken to the site by helicopter.
The man was hospitalised in Gozo.