Tyrolean worker injured in truck plunge

A worker steering a dumper truck was injured when he fell down a 40-metre embankment today (Weds).The 43-year-old was transporting gravel destined for a nearby construction site when the forest road he was driving along near Imsterberg, Tyrol, suddenly gave in under the weight.The man, who sustained head and internal injuries, was transferred to hospital by helicopter.Only last week, a 35-year-old worker was injured when his caterpillar plunged down a steep cliff near a building site in the Tyrolean town of Terfens.