Assistance to citizens was called and provided today in three different cases by members of the Police, namely, members of the Headquarters Traffic Department, the Port and Maritime Police, and the Limassol Police Directorate.
According to a statement by the Police Communication Branch, a patrol of the Road Accident Prevention Unit - OPOD, of the Traffic Headquarters Police, was at a spot on a motorway in Larnaca district at around 10 o'clock.20 on Sunday morning, he was approached by a couple of a man and a woman who were heading in their vehicle, urgently to the Larnaca General Hospital, after the woman, aged 24, suffered allergic shock and was in a state of unconsciousness.
Police members safely escorted the couple to the General Hospital, where the woman received immediate care from medical and nursing staff.
Around 1.30pm, members of the Paphos Naval Station, Port and Maritime Police were called to provide assistance to a number of persons who were stranded in the Agios Georgios sea area[/B], in the Pegeia area, approximately 200 metres from the shore, due to a mechanical failure of their inflatable boat.
Members of the Coast Guard, who sailed in a police shuttle to provide assistance, located the inflatable boat, in which four persons were on board, and towed it safely to the port of Agios Georgios.
Police members also provided assistance to three persons who were stranded in a mountainous area of Troodos, where they had gone hiking on a nature trail.
Shortly before 5.00 p.m., information was received at Police Headquarters that, three persons needed assistance, as while on a nature trail in the Troodos area, they lost their bearings and became stranded in the mountainous area.
Members of the Platres Police Station rushed to the area, where shortly after 5.30 am, they located the three persons, men aged 31, 29, and 22, all from Limassol, whom they transported to the spot where they had left their vehicle.
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