A drunk driver five times over the limit knocked over and killed a pedestrian attempting to cross a Nicosia road with her young son.
According to the police Styliana Georgiou, 38, was trying to cross Tseriou Avenue in Strovolos with her six-and-a half-year-old son when the two were hit by a car whose driver was soon after found to be well over the legal blood alcohol limit.
The accident happened at 5.30pm on Wednesday and Georgiou, in spite of being admitted for emergency surgery, died at 8.40pm. Her son was slightly injured and remained in hospital on Thursday but is expected to make a full recovery.
The 73 year-old driver of the car was submitted to an Alco-test, the initial result of which found his blood alcohol level to close to five times over the limit at 107 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath ( µg/100mL.) The legal limit for drivers in 22 µg/100mL. A subsequent test found the driver’s level to be at 65 µg/100mL, still well over the limit. He has been arrested.
Last Friday, again on Tseriou Avenue, another woman, 62 year-old Eleni Tsouloumi, died after being run over while attempting to cross the street.
Cyprus Weekly