Boy, 6, seriously hurt in accident

THREE ACCIDENTS in less than 20 hours left a six-year-old boy seriously injured in intensive care, an elderly tourist with concussion, and restricted motorway traffic to one lane for several hours.

At around 4.45pm on Thursday, Stelios Panayiotis Zapheiris was knocked down as he tried to cross Gregoris Afxentiou Street in Kornos village. The boy was rushed to Larnaca General Hospital where doctors described his injuries as serious. He is being treated for head injuries, fractured ribs and bruising.

Just 25 minutes earlier, a 75-year-old English tourist was knocked down in Makarios Avenue in Larnaca. She was taken to hospital with concussion.

Yesterday a Nicosia municipal truck overturned on the motorway about 14km outside the capital at around 9am, reducing traffic to one lane for two hours.

The driver of the truck, carrying dirty laundry and heading towards Limassol, collided with a van at around 9am. The laundry truck flipped onto its side. The driver was taken to hospital for whiplash injuries and the driver of the other vehicle was treated for scratches and bruises.

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