Two killed in weekend crashes

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl and a British tourist were killed in separate car accidents over the weekend.

Ioanna Georgiou, a schoolgirl from Frenaros, died on Sunday after the Mitsubishi Colt in which she was a passenger ploughed into a crash barrier on the Paralimni to Sotira road. The accident happened at around 5.45am and both she and driver Andreas Mixias, 18, were taken to Paralimni General Hospital. Georgiou was pronounced dead on arrival, while National Guardsman Mixias was seriously injured. An alcotest on him proved negative.

Earlier, Philip John Tofts, 46, was killed late on Saturday when the rented Hyundai in which he was a passenger collided with the Mitsubish Pajero of Lefkara man Stelios Yiasemides, 28, on the Lefkara-Skarinou road. The Hyundai’s Israeli driver, Gadi Gaffen, 41, and three other tourists travelling with them – including two aged 76 and 78 – were injured and taken to Larnaca General Hospital. Yiasemides was in the car with his wife and three children, who were all unhurt.

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