Two Soldiers Die in Crash

Excessive speed and failure to wear a seat- belt are being blamed for both deaths.At about 3pm on Sunday, 19- year-old Georgios Toumazou, from Lymbia in the Nicosia district, was driving from his home village to nearby Alambra when he lost control of his car. His car careered into a three-foot deep roadside ditch and then hit an electricity pole. Toumazou was killed instantly.The National Guardsman had not been wearing a seat-belt, police said. They are asking anyone who might have seen the accident to contact their nearest police station.At about 4am yesterday, Orthodoxos Limbouris, 19, from Mosfiloti, was killed in an accident on the outskirts of Psevdas, in the Larnaca district.His passenger, fellow National Guardsman Stavros Shakos, 19, from Polemidia, Limassol, was seriously injured and is in a critical condition in Nicosia general hospital.Police say Limbouris lost control of his vehicle as he entered Psevdas village and ended up in a streambed beside the road. The car overturned and was crushed, killing him instantly. The rescue crew had to cut Limbouris and the injured Shakos out of the wreckage.Police said neither man appeared to have been wearing a seatbelt. A police source said excessive speed may have been the cause of both accidents.

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