Man dies in forklift truck accident

Filipino worker certified dead on the spot after vehicle keeled over

A 50-year-old man has lost his life in a tragic incident in a Qrendi scrapyard at Ta' Robba, earlier today Thursday at 8:15am.

The police confirmed that the man, a Filipino who lived in St Julian's, was operating a forklifter carrying material over to a group of garages on site, when the vehicle keeled over and left the workman trapped beneath it.

He was certified dead on the spot. Police said the man is an employee of the PT Matic company.

CPD, police and an ambulance were on the scene with Zurrieq district police appointed to assist in the magisterial inquiry.