Teenage girl critical after hit-and-run crash

A TEENAGE girl was left in a serious condition after being knocked down in a hit-and-run accident in the early hours of Sunday.

According to Nicosia police, Gabriela Stylianou, 18, was run over by a motor scooter in an underground crossing outside Nicosia’s First Kykkos Lyceum at 1.50 am.

She is being treated at Nicosia General hospital, and was yesterday reported to be out of danger.

The driver, for whom police are now searching, abandoned Stylianou at the scene of the accident.

Police are calling on anyone with any information on the accident to contact their nearest police station.

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