Three killed in road accidents

THREE people were killed and another 3 injured in two traffic accidents in the Limassol area on Thursday night.

The first accident happened just after 10pm when a car collided with a motorcycle as it tried to turn into Kolonaki Street.

The motorcyclist, Costakis Georgiou Tournas, 41, a shopkeeper from Limassol, was taken to Limassol General Hospital with severe injuries. He died an hour later.

The driver of the car was arrested.

The second accident happened later the same night at 11pm on the Limassol to Platres road.

A car heading from Platres towards Limassol collided with an electricity pole on the left of the road, near Moniatis.

Two passengers – a male and a female Russian tourist – were flung from the car and killed instantly. The car was driven by a Russian businessman who is permanently resident in Cyprus. He was seriously injured and remains critically ill in hospital. Two other female passengers were also hurt.

The police could not release their names, as the families had not been notified yet.

The crash happened near the spot where a mini-bus smashed into a concrete barrier on a sharp bend in the road on January 30, killing six people.

The spot is known locally as ‘Death bend’. Since 1983, 18 people have lost their lives at the same turn.

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