Pilot critical after three-car pile-up

A EUROCYPRIA pilot was critically injured in a three-car pile-up yesterday morning.

The accident happened when 31-year-old pilot Michalis Moussas collided with a car driven by Anastasis Anastasiou, 33, from Makedonitissa.

The crash happened at 8.15am on the Anthoupolis to Makedonitissa road near Saint Pandeleimonas church.

Anastasiou’s vehicle overturned and crashed into a third vehicle, driven by Kyriakos Alexandrou. Anastasiou was slightly injured while Alexandrou escaped unhurt.

Moussas was trapped in his car and had to be cut out by the fire brigade.

He was rushed to Nicosia general hospital for surgery.

Meanwhile, a 17-year-old schoolgirl from Polemidhia near Limassol was fighting for her life yesterday after being critically injured in a head-on moped collision with another teenager.

The accident happened in Polemidhia late on Wednesday night.

Marinella Hadjiantoni was rushed to Nicosia general hospital due to the seriousness of her injuries and was yesterday put on a respirator.

The other girl involved, Evi Evripides, 18, was being treated in Limassol hospital for head and general injuries but was yesterday said to be in a more stable condition.

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