The gruesome list of asphalt victims is growing dangerously long. Two new tragedies were recorded an hour and a half apart on Sunday night. The victims were 59-year-old Merab Maglakelidze from Georgia,[/B] a permanent resident of Cyprus, and 68-year-old Tziv Poghal, a visitor from Israel.[/B] In both cases, the other two drivers involved in the accidents proved that the number of unscrupulous drivers on Cyprus' road network is finally increasing, just as dangerously. One fled the scene and the other tested positive in a drug test.
Meanwhile, ten minutes after the second fatal accident, another serious traffic accident occurred in Limassol. As a result of this 19-year-old motorcyclist, who was not wearing a protective helmet, is fighting to keep himself alive.
Police are looking for witnesses
The first fatality occurred around 10:55 last night, when a car with unknown details which was driving on Panikos Hadjipanagi Street in Mesogi, under circumstances under investigation, lured and injured the 59-year-old pedestrian. The unfortunate Merab was reportedly attempting to cross the road at the time.
The driver of the vehicle, who is unidentified,fled the scene in an unknown direction.
The 59-year-old was taken by ambulance to Paphos General Hospital where the duty doctorcertified his death.
Anyone who knows anything about this accident is asked to contact the Pafos Traffic Police at 26-806112 or the nearest Police Station, or the Citizen's Contact Line at 1460.
[/P]The 68-year-old man was ejected. 26-year-old man tested positive for narcotics
[/P]Almost an hour and a half later it proved that 68-year-old Tzvi Poghal's holiday on our island was fatal.
According to the evidence under investigation, half an hour after midnight today while the 68-year-old was driving his electric scooter in the direction from Agia Napa to Agia Thekla, under circumstances under investigation, collided with a car driven by a 26-year-old.
As a result of the collision, the 68-year-old was ejected and fell to the ground.An ambulance was then called, which transported him to the Emergency Department of Famagusta General Hospital, where the doctor on dutycertified his death.
The 26-year-old was subjected to a preliminary drug test with a positive result for amphetamines.
Famagusta Traffic Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.
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