Truck driver's condition improves

The condition of the truck driver who was critically injured in a crash with an oncoming trailer on Wednesday morning has improved and he is out of danger. Johann Charles Xerri, 27, was driving an empty truck along Triq Is-Sejba, Mqabba when he crashed...

The condition of the truck driver who was critically injured in a crash with an oncoming trailer on Wednesday morning has improved and he is out of danger.

Johann Charles Xerri, 27, was driving an empty truck along Triq Is-Sejba, Mqabba when he crashed into an unloaded trailer being driven by Alan Depasquale, 34, shortly before eleven.

Mr Xerri was trapped inside the truck’s cabin because his leg got caught among the mangled metal. He spent more than half an hour in the wreckage as firemen tore through the steel and paramedics treated him as best they could.

This was the 10th bad accident this year.

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