A traffic accident occurred yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. in Paphos, on the main road from Polis Chrysochous – Androlykou, when an 80-year-old driver struck two female cyclists.
According to police reports, the driver, a Greek citizen and permanent resident of Cyprus, struck one of the cyclists while attempting to pass them, causing him to lose control and subsequently collide with the second cyclist.
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One of the women, a 50-year-old from Vietnam who was in the Republic illegally, was seriously injured in the fall and was taken to Paphos General Hospital, where she is currently in surgery with a fractured eye socket and sprained knees.
The second woman, also from Vietnam, fled the scene before the police arrived.
The Chrysochous City Police Department is investigating the case.
