Road deaths up on last year

MORE PEOPLE have been killed on the road this year than in the same period in 1998, Police Chief Andreas Angelides said yesterday during a press conference on traffic safety.

Until yesterday, 105 people had been killed in traffic accidents, while 98 had been killed by the same time last year, Angelides said.

The police chief was speaking at a press conference held to mark the beginning of the Pancyprian Campaign for Traffic Safety, which will run until December 12.

Angelides said the campaign would on child safety, “but our ultimate goal is to prevent the loss of life and injuries which cause pain and drama to families and friends.”

The Popular Bank’s insurance services, which are sponsoring the campaign, will be donating car safety seats to the first 100 newborn babies of the new millennium.

Angelides urged drivers to obey traffic laws because it was a matter of life and death.

“The police will look after you as much as we can. Look after yourselves, your families, and the others who use the roads,” Angelides said.

Despite police campaigns however, people keep dying on the roads.

On Sunday morning, an 82-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident.

Costas Hadjianastasiou from Kaimakli in Nicosia died after his motorcycle was hit by a car driven by an 81-year-old man on Makarios Avenue in Kaimakli.

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