Deliveryman seriously injured after Sliema seafront crash
Police said the man was unloading cargo when a car hit the van.
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A 57-year-old man from St Paul's Bay was seriously injured after he was struck by a car while unloading cargo from a van on Triq ix-Xatt in Sliema at about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Police said the victim received first aid at the scene before he was taken by ambulance to Mater Dei Hospital.
Investigators said the car was a Peugeot 3008 driven by a 42-year-old Libyan man who lives in Birkirkara. The deliveryman had been unloading from an Isuzu Elf van when the crash happened.
The accident happened in a stretch where there are no unloading bays, according to the original report. The road was closed after the collision, causing long traffic queues, and motorists were asked to avoid the area.
Update: in the days that followed, the collision became a flashpoint in Malta's transport debate, with Y-plate reforms pushed into the spotlight by this collision after Transport Malta convened an emergency meeting with ride-hailing operators.
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