Wednesday, 29th April 2009 - 10:11CET

Five injured in mini bus collision

Five workers were injured at Malta Freeport this morning in a collision between a van and a vehicle used to pull containers, known as a tug master, informed sources said.

The injured were four freeport workers and the van driver. Sources said four of the men were slightly injured and the fifth suffered a fractured rib.

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Comments

victor vella (on 1/5/09)

Most of the plant being driven on our roads belongs to contractors and the bigger ones the worst but the wardens seem to blink when they see these things, It is also the ADT 's fault as wheeled plant is licenced and once you pay a licence you can legally drive the plant anywhere, one must be carefull as the turning circle of these plants especially a JCB is not normal and unwary drivers can be faced with very surprising movment.

Stephen Farrugia (on 29/4/09)

Going back to the issue, I wish a speedy recovery to all the injured, and may this serve as a lesson for the notes below. Keep up the good work guys!

A. F. Seychell (on 29/4/09)

Such equipment should not be permitted to travel under its own power on public roads and streets. They should only be used at work sites.

The fact that they have wheels (instead of tracks) and a registration plate leads to the mistaken belief that they could use the public roads as normal vehicles. Such equipment should be transported via low loaders/trailers.

DSCHEMBRI (on 29/4/09)

Driving past the freeport into B'bugia (coming from hal far) has become very dangerous due to the vans and trucks parked on the left hand side on the bend (opp freeport)
The lane is completely taken by these vehicles and you cannot see whats coming from the opposite lane you have to veer out hoping no vehicles are coming.
B'Bugia Police should take this into consideration before a tragic accident occurs.

GaleaL (on 29/4/09)

Eugenio Taliana
I've also seen them being driven on the roads.
Aren't they supposed to be driven only in enclosed areas?

Grazio Vella (on 29/4/09)

And what about bulldozers and shovels?

A car has to be in good state of repair to be driven on roads. Bumpers have to be fixed properly etc. But a mechanical shovel can drive around with the protruding hardened steel all around.

Eugenio Taliana (on 29/4/09)

Probably nothing to do with this article, but just to make a worrying comment - lately I have been noticing quite a few forklifters driving on our roads - and driving for long distances - when a forklifter comes from a side road onto a main road the blades protrude almost into the middle of the road - coming up the road with a car you won't even see them - and this is very very dangerous! I wonder who gives these vehicles licence to drive normally as cars would!