Officials suspended over killer manhole lid

Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works Rana Al Fares has suspended road officials from duty after a manhole lid killed a young motorist. Earlier this week, the lid had inexplicably flown from its place on a highway, hit a car and killed its Kuwaiti motorist.

In response, the minister decided to suspend the head of the public Authority for Roads and Transportation as well as the director of highways maintenance pending completion of a current investigation into the incident.

She also referred to prosecution the company responsible for maintaining the road and ordered a committee to investigate the incident.