AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy was killed over the weekend when he fell out of the back of his grandfather’s pick-up truck, police said yesterday.
At around 3.30pm on Sunday, the youngster and two other children aged 11 and 12, were travelling along the Pendalias – Ayias Marinas Kelokedaron road in the Paphos district, said police. The children were sitting in the back of the 53-year-old’s vehicle when, under circumstances still being investigated, they fell out onto the road.
The man’s grandson was killed in the accident and the other two children were slightly injured, police said.
“Until we know for sure what happened and all the evidence and facts have been gathered, we cannot say for sure whether the driver of the vehicle will be taken to court,” a Nicosia police officer told the Cyprus Mail. “Although initially it appears as if he has broken the law because the children were not sitting inside the car. We cannot yet be certain – the children might have climbed into the back when he was not looking,” he said.
If police investigations determined the 53-year-old Limassol resident had violated the law, he would be charged accordingly, he said. By yesterday he had not yet been arrested, a Paphos police officer said. Panayias police station in Paphos was investigating the accident.
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