Nine hurt in accidents

NINE people were injured in three separate traffic accidents on Friday.

Five 15-year-old boys were hurt when one of them drove their car into an electricity pole near Vrysoulles at 10pm. Passenger Philippos Georgiou was seriously injured and taken to Nicosia general hospital.

Two other passengers were slightly hurt and kept overnight at Larnaca hospital, while driver Andreas Lambrou Michael and the fifth passenger were released after first aid treatment.

Earlier, three people were injured in Pallouriotissa when the car carrying Andri Kapetaniou, 33, and her daughter Androniki, 12, collided with a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Athanasios Panayiotou.

All three were treated at Nicosia general hospital, as was 21-year-old Marios Georgiou whose motorcycle hit a fence in Strovolos.

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