Twenty-year-old man in fatal crash off Limassol cliff (Update)
A 20-year-old man, named as Demetris Michael, died on Sunday night, when the vehicle he was driving crashed off a cliff in Limassol.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash which happened in the area of Ayia Phyla.
This is the fifth fatal accident recorded this year, head of the Limassol traffic police, Marios Charalambous noted.
Charalambous, said that police had received a distress call from the victim at 7.40pm to emergency number 112 through his mobile.
On the basis of the mobile’s coordinates, police, firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched to the scene, where the overturned vehicle was located and its driver was found dead.
Fire fighters removed the young man’s body from the wreckage and he was taken to Limassol hospital where his death was officially pronounced.
According to Charalambous, the vehicle hit the guardrail above the cliff, crashed through it, and dropped about 50 meters down the ravine.
The deceased had not been wearing a seat belt and initial evidence showed no sign of attempts to brake, police said.
The exact circumstances of the crash are under ongoing investigation.