Car tossed around in stormy seas off Limassol (video)

A video was doing the rounds on social media on Thursday of a car being tossed around in heavy seas off Limassol, an incident which happened on Wednesday, according to reports.

According to a 24news, police sources said there had been a driver in the car when it went into the water but he was rescued by passersby and was not injured. The news portal said he had been taken for a psychiatric examination.

Police attempted to tow the vehicle from the water on Thursday but were not able to retrieve it but a new attempt is expected to be made on Friday.

The video can be seen on this Facebook group page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/948451445283315/

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