Pensioner crushed by tractor

A PENSIONER was killed on Thursday night in Paphos after being crushed by his tractor.

George Evangelou, 82, from Limassol, had been driving his tractor on a rural lane in Paphos he lost control of the vehicle and plunged into a ditch at the side of the road.

It took the fire service several hours to free Evangelou from the wreckage, before rushing him to Paphos General Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

Paphos Traffic Police and Kouklia police station are investigating the reasons of the accident.

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