Man killed by exploding tyre

A MAN was killed yesterday as he changed the tyre of an excavating machine near the electrical power station of Vasiliko which is currently under construction.

According to witnesses, 30-year-old Iosif Porphyriou from Limassol, had been trying to fix the tyre of the excavator since the morning. The tyre exploded, critically injuring him in the chest from the force of the released air. He was rushed to Larnaca General Hospital but died from his injuries soon after.

Police reports yesterday said two other men died in hospital of injuries sustained in earlier road accidents.

Stavrianos Stavrianou, 21, from Limassol, died on Tuesday while being treated at Limassol hospital. He was injured in a car crash last Saturday on the Limassol to Platres road.

Kyriakos Loizou, 70, from Ayios Andreas also died of his injuries after a car accident which occurred on Tuesday on the Ayios Pavlou road in Nicosia.

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