Two 11-year-old girls die in traffic accident (update 3)

[Paphos Life]

Two 11-year-old girls were killed in a traffic accident in the early hours of Sunday morning when the car they were in, driven by a 40-year-old, overturned and ended up on the central reservation of the Limassol to Nicosia highway.The driver, the mother of one of the girls, and two other passengers, boys aged 14 and 15 did not sustain any serious injuries....

Read the article and chat about it below...

[Yioula]

Very sad to read yet more fatalities of children.........that’s four in a week.
Safety Belts are there for a reason .....TO BE WORN.....

[Kili01]

Very sad. But too early to make any comments until more facts are known.
Dee

[Yioula]

The article I read said that the 2 children that had died had no safety belts on.......

[Dominic]

From the article:
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Under circumstances being investigated, the driver lost control of the car and it travelled for 50 to 60 metres down the highway, overturning at some point, before coming to a stop within the central reservation. The two girls, who were not wearing seatbelts, were killed instantly, one of them being thrown from the car.

The driver and the two boys had to be cut out of the damaged car after being trapped inside. The driver and the 15-year-old who was in the front seat were wearing seatbelts.

“Seatbelts save lives,” director of traffic police Spyros Spyrou said.

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[LouiseCastricum]

So sad. My sincere condolences.

[smudger]

This should be a wake up call to all parents, but particularly Cypriot parents. They really have to get the message about belting their children, and themselves, in when travelling on the roads.
My heartfelt condolences to the families concerned.

[Rita Sherry]

Sincere condolences

Rita

[Jimgym]

I cannot begin to imagine the hell those families must be going through. A terrible tragedy.