Elderly man dies in ravine

A 78-YEAR-OLD Limassol man died yesterday after falling into a deep ravine with his car, police said yesterday.

Police said they were investigating the circumstances in which Pericles Stylianou fell in the 110-metre ravine off the Limassol to Armenohori road at 10 am.

Stylianou was freed from the wreckage by the fire service and was taken to hospital where he died shortly afterwards, police said.

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