A tragedy with a strange traffic accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Amfiklia.
The fatal accident occurred at 6:30, when an 81-year-old driver, driving his car through Amfiklia, lost control for an unknown reason and crashed hard into the entrance of a chip shop.
According to LamiaReport, the elderly driver was going up a main road, just before reaching the upper town square, went straight without turning, ending up at the entrance of the shop, which was closed at the time.
"We don't know if the man suffered something pathological, but he went into the wall uncontrollably. He came out on his own, visibly shocked. But his wife was unfortunately killed." one of the residents told LamiaReport.
After the crash many ran to help, however it took the intervention of firefighters to extricate the badly injured woman from the passenger seat. The 77-year-old woman was picked up by an ambulance which transported her to the Amfiklia Health Centre, where the unfortunate woman breathed her last.
The Amfiklia Police Department is investigating the exact circumstances under which the accident occurred.
Source: protothema.gr
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