Woman injured after doors fall off tower crane onto her windscreen

Updated 3.42pm

A woman was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital on Friday morning after doors fell from a tower crane onto her car while she was driving past a construction site in St Julian's. 

Readers told Times of Malta the accident happened on Birkirkara Road sometime between 8.30am and 9am.

The police confirmed that the woman, a 50-year-old from San Ġwann, was driving a Chevrolet Lacetti.

A spokesperson said an object that fell off a tower crane, set up at a construction site, landed on her windscreen.

Her condition is not yet known.

Times of Malta has been informed that the crane company, Redmap Projects, was operating on one site when the neighbouring development, PA/05274/19, owned by TUM Invest, requested the use of the crane to move flash doors.

Sources told Times of Malta that, due to the narrow street and the difficulty of bringing another crane into the area, the neighbouring site asked to use the crane to transport the doors.

However, the doors reportedly struck a dividing wall before falling onto the street and hitting a passing car.

The doors fell out of a crane on this development in St Julian's, crashing down onto a passing car and injuring the driver. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

A spokesperson for Redmap Projects told Times of Malta that the company is not responsible for the incident, claiming that TUM Invest was using the crane at the time and that only the crane operator was employed by Redmap Projects.

Times of Malta contacted TUM Invest for comment, but the company has yet to respond.

According to the Planning Authority website, stop works orders had already been issued for the site on May 14 after its insurance expired.

Following Friday’s incident, additional stop works orders were issued for both the TUM Invest site and the original site where the crane was operating, including works involving Redmap Projects.

Investigations by the police and the Occupational Health & Safety Authority are ongoing.