Ex-refuse collector who claims he was injured in rubbish truck sues Panda Waste

He claims he injured his neck and spine and the injuries are preventing him from returning to work

Krysztof Owsianka claims the rubbish lorry was moving at about 50km per hour when it went over a ramp in Dublin’s city centre. File picture: Jason Clarke

A man is suing his former employer for injuries he allegedly sustained when the refuse truck he was in drove over a speed ramp.

Krysztof Owsianka, 48, whose case is against the operator of Panda Waste, claims he injured his neck and spine when he was thrust upwards from his seat and hit his head off a structure on the vehicle’s roof when travelling as a passenger in the truck.