Refuse workers unhurt after truck overturns

Three refuse workers had a lucky escape after their truck hit an icy patch and overturned yesterday.

The accident happened just before lunchtime in a hilly housing estate on Cork’s northside. The estate is prone to ice in cold weather.

The Country Clean workers were on routine refuse collection duty in Ashmount Mews above Mayfield, when the vehicle overturned as it rounded a bend on a hill.