Mother has head-on collision with biker son

A YOUNG man from Paphos village Akoursos was yesterday in critical condition after his motorbike collided head on with a car driven by his mother.

Alexandros Michail, 22, had been riding his motorbike on a rural road connecting Akoursos with Peyia, when under circumstances that are still being investigated, he crashed head on with an oncoming car, which was being driven by his mother.

Michail, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, sustained serious head injuries along with a ruptured spleen and was rushed to Paphos General Hospital, where he underwent lengthy surgery.

Doctors yesterday said the 22-year-old’s condition was “critical but stable”. His mother, meanwhile, has suffered a nervous breakdown.

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