A CONTAINER lifter tipped over at a Liverpool dock today trapping the driver.
Emergency services raced to the scene at the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal just after 9.15am after the straddle lifter, a slow-moving crane used to stack shipping containers, collapsed.
It is believed only the cab driver, thought to be in his 20s, was injured but witnesses were treated for shock.
Fire crews were joined by three ambulances and the North West Ambulance Service’s Hazardous Accident Response (HAR) Unit.
Merseyside Police was notified of the incident but it is being handled by the independent Port of Liverpool Police.
Straddle carriers are square shaped cranes that can travel at speeds up to 30km per hour.
source: liverpoolecho.co.uk
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