No one was injured when an iron section of a tower crane crashed to the ground during works at Sacred Heart Avenue, St Julians, yesterday evening.
The incident occurred on the same spot where a tower crane collapsed and crashed onto buildings in Birkirkara Road on May 20, damaging walls and cables but injuring no one.
The police said yesterday's incident occurred when a small crane was being used by the same contractor to assemble a tower crane. It could not be confirmed whether this was the same one which was damaged as a result of the collapse.
The section, which fell after a steel wire snapped, hit the smaller crane before it crashed to the ground.
Personnel from the Occupational Health and Safety Authority were on the spot to investigate.
Nuns and workmen also had a lucky escape last February when a tower crane fell on the Dominican convent in Safi.