Five year old dies after being hit by car

THE FIVE-year old boy who was hit by a car while trying to cross the road in Polemi died yesterday in hospital.

According to police the five-year-old from Chloraka village in Paphos died while being treated in the intensive care unit of the Nicosia general hospital, having suffered serious head injuries, internal bleeding and a fractured left leg.

The young boy, Georgios Theodosiou, had been with his dad and grandfather, who were trying to fix a tractor, when he escaped their attention and attempted to cross a busy road in Polemi.

He was hit at around 6.30pm on Grigoris Afxentiou Street by a car driven by a 20-year-old man from Giolou.

The five-year-old was initially taken to Paphos general hospital and then on to the Makarios hospital in Nicosia. He later underwent surgery at the Nicosia general hospital.

The driver, who wasn’t speeding at the time, also tested negative for alcohol.

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