New fatality – 24-year-old Kyriakos "passed out" on the asphalt

He climbed an islet and hit a tree

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In a fatal road collision that occurred shortly after midnight in Nicosia, Kyriakos Oxynos, 24 years old from Engomi, lost his life.

The fatal collision occurred ten minutes after midnight, when a car driven by the 24-year-old, on Griva Digeni Avenue, at some point of the avenue (opposite Metohiou Kykkos), under circumstances that are being investigated, deviated from its course, partially climbed the dividing island of the road and then crashed into an adjacent tree.

As a result of the road collision, the young driver was critically injured, who was extricated by members of the Fire Service.

He was then taken by ambulance to Nicosia General Hospital, where shortly before three in the morning, he succumbed to his injuries.

Anyone who knows anything in relation to the circumstances of the road collision is asked to contact the Nicosia Traffic Police on telephone number 22802023 or the Citizen's Line 1460 or the nearest Police Station.

The Nicosia Traffic Police is investigating the causes of the accident.