A 46-year-old man died late on Thursday after suffering injuries in a ploughing machinery incident, the police said in a statement.

The Qormi man was found at 8pm under the machinery in fields off Triq Tal-Bajjada.

He was given first aid on site but was soon certified dead.

Police and magisterial inquiries are ongoing. 

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