A 72-year-old man was seriously injured on Sunday when he fell while running in a field in Gozo.
The police said on Monday that the incident happened at 1.30pm when the man from Għajnsielem was running across fields in Triq il-Ħamri in his hometown.
It said an off-duty police sergeant witnessed the incident and intervened to give the man first aid and call for assistance. A medical team rushed to the scene and took the man to hospital for treatment.
Police investigations are under way.