Tulip Rally duo hurt in road plunge

TWO Limassol men were injured at about 10.45am yesterday while competing in the Tulip Rally. Their pick-up truck plunged 500 metres from the road leading to Lefkara from the Limassol highway, Cyprus police said.

The driver, Eleftherios Eleftheriou, 35, and his navigator, Phivos Christodoulou, were taken by helicopter to Nicosia General Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.

A hospital nurse said Eleftheriou was being released yesterday, while Christodoulou was being kept overnight in the orthopaedic ward. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.

Their pick-up, which was badly damaged in the crash, was left at the bottom of the cliff, police said, since the incident remained under investigation.

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