UPDATE: Man who fell into well identified

THE MAN WHO fell into a 43-foot well at Long Bay, St Philip this afternoon has been identified as 25-year-old Zico Haynes of #2 Gall Hill, St John.

Police say he was working on a septic tank with two other men when he fell around 1:30 p.m.

He was rescued around 4:30 p.m. by personnel from the Barbados Fire Service. Two tenders and eight fire officers responded to the incident.

Haynes sustained injuries to his leg and right heel and was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance. (PR/NB)