Victim of road tragedy buried

THE second pregnant woman to be killed on Cyprus roads this week was buried yesterday evening in her home village of Alassa, Limassol.

State pathologist Eleni Antoniou carried out an autopsy earlier on 26-year-old Giorgoulla Tofali, and said that saving her unborn baby would have been impossible because she was only four months pregnant.

Tofali’s Pajero collided with a mini-bus at approximately 12.20pm on Wednesday near Polemidia dam on the Platres to Limassol road, when her car veered into the opposite lane.

The mother of an 18-month-old little boy, Tofali was rushed to Limassol hospital where she died soon after. Four other people hurt in the accident, including bus Demetris Poullis, 45, were still being treated in hospital yesterday.

Police say they want anyone with information about the accident to contact Limassol Police Headquarters or their nearest police station.

Tofali’s death followed that of 20-year-old Argyro Ioannou last Sunday. She died just minutes after giving birth to a boy who has been christened Argyros after his mother.

He is still fighting for his life at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital after the accident on the Polis to Paphos road when an overtaking car crashed into Argyro and her husband Michalis as it came round a bend. The young couple had been on their way to hospital for Argyro to give birth.

Neither woman who died was wearing a seatbelt.

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