Published On:Thursday, September 02, 2010

By ALISON LOWE

Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

A Ministry of Works employee remained in hospital yesterday after being struck by a car on Cable Beach on Monday evening.

The man was one of two workmen clearing a spill of sand out of the road sometime after 8pm when the incident occurred, according to Inspector Gregory Johnson from the Cable Beach police station.

An eyewitness from the Cable Beach area reported seeing a body which looked "lifeless" lying on the grassy verge next to the road at around 8.45pm on Monday.

Inspector Johnson yesterday said that the Works employee's injuries are believed to have been non-life threatening, although up until press time confirmation of the man's condition was not available.

Initial investigations, he said, have revealed that the two Works employees were not wearing fluorescent vests that might have enhanced their visibility. He said it also appears that no traffic cones had been placed in the area.

The two men were working on the southern side of the road, around 200 yards east of Opposition leader Perry Christie's house.

"As the driver came around the (Ministry of Works) truck (parked next to the workmen) one of the workers was struck. They had him lying on the sidewalk until the ambulance came," said Inspector Johnson, who added that his information was that the driver of the vehicle which hit the man stopped and remained at the scene until police arrived.

Yesterday, an officer visited the injured man at the Princess Margaret Hospital to interview him for the police investigation into the accident.