Arrest after man dies working on side of highway (update 2)

A 33-year-old father of three was killed on Tuesday in a crash on the Limassol to Paphos motorway near Pissouri.

The incident took place at 10.45am. The man, a Moldavian national, was part of a crew tasked with cleaning the left shoulder of the road.

He was sitting between a warning light and the truck towing it, when they were rammed by a van.

The 33-year-old was wedged between the trailer carrying lights and the tow truck.

Police arrested the 44-year-old driver of the van.

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