Take extra care around service vehicles

Natasha Dix, the council's waste and environment manager, had a hard-hitting message for Island motorists: "Overtaking a waste truck in the wrong place could cost a life - your own life, the life of a pedestrian, or one of our workers.

  "I realise it can be frustrating to wait for the vehicle to move on, but it isn't worth the risk.

  "I am so grateful that nobody was seriously hurt in the incident today, but this is the fourth accident like this we have seen since November, where somebody has tried to overtake a bin truck.

  "So if you see one of our vehicles ahead - on either side of the road - please, just slow down, be patient, and take extra care.

  "It could save your life."