These are the most read stories of 2018

Times of Malta chronicles the major news stories of the year on its website. Last year’s most read online stories ranged from horrific accidents to major political exposés. Ivan Martin looks back at the top 10 online stories in 2018. Double decker disaster By far the most read story on the Times of Malta’s website last year was the news that two tourists had lost their lives when a double-decker sightseeing bus hit low-lying tree branches in Żurrieq back in April.  The news reports, regularly updated, with on the ground information, kept readers engaged and returning for more.   Tourists sitting on the bus’s open-air top deck were hurt when they were hit at speed by branches from a large tree on Valletta Road. Two of those struck a Belgian man, 62 and a Spanish woman, 37 died on the spot.  Six others were critically injured and 44 were treated for various injuries and shock as a result of the accident.   The bus was being driven by a 24-year-old, and while the cause of the incident is still not certain, industry sources have said it was likely the bus was being driven dangerously close to the curb.   A magisterial inquiry was launched but the investigations remain shrouded in...