VIDEO, update 2: Refuse truck overturns - driver critically injured

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A 28-year-old man from Zurrieq was critically injured this morning when the Scammel refuse truck he was driving crashed into a wall and ended up on its side on the coast road near the Forum Hotel in St Andrews. The incident happened at about 10 a.m. as the truck was being driven to the waste dump.

Two other persons on the truck were slightly injured.

Victor Spiteri, president of the Public Transport Association, said a bus driver, George Cutajar, was the first to rush to assistance, using his fire extinguisher to put out a small blaze and helping the driver emerge from under the truck.

He was assisted by AFM soldiers from the Plant Troop at St Andrews, who helped the driver and also controlled the traffic. Assistance was also given by the police and the Civil Protection Department.

Material was thrown on the road to remove a diesel spillage.

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