UPDATED: Boy killed as truck overturns in Mgarr

(Adds details) A three-year-old boy from Zabbar, Pasqual Tagliaferro, was killed and two men, aged 31 and 60 were injured when an Isuzu truck crashed into a field near Mgarr, eyewitnesses said. The incident happened at around 12.15. The police said the...

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A three-year-old boy from Zabbar, Pasqual Tagliaferro, was killed and two men, aged 31 and 60 were injured when an Isuzu truck crashed into a field near Mgarr, eyewitnesses said. The incident happened at around 12.15.

The police said the truck was being driven by the 31-year-old man, the boy's uncle, who was not seriously injured. The 61-year-old man, his grandfather, is in serious condition.

The truck apparently had a brake failure while being driven in Zebbiegh Road. It crashed through a metal barrier and overturned into a field slightly below street level, coming to rest upside down. The boy was in the truck cabin with the men. He died on impact.

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