Man dies hours after tractor accident

A 77-year-old man, Michalis Kyriacou from Apliki village in the Nicosia district died on Tuesday hours after he was fatally injured following an accident on his tractor, police said.

On his way home at around 10am, with his vehicle loaded with wood, and under circumstances still being investigated, Kyriacou lost control of the tractor and the vehicle plunged into a two-metre ditch.

A doctor from Nicosia general hospital was called to the scene where he established Kyriacou’s death at around 1pm, police said.

A post-mortem is due to be carried out on Wednesday.

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