31 December 2025, 11:05

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A 63-year-old man was critically injured in a freak accident in a department store parking lot

A 63-year-old man was critically injured in a freak accident in a department store parking lot

Intubated in a critical condition, a 63-year-old man is hospitalized, who was injured yesterday while trying to help a female driver park her vehicle in a department store parking lot in Nicosia.

In his attempt to enter the vehicle, under circumstances that are being investigated, it started, as a result of which the open driver's door hit an adjacent vehicle and, on its return, entrapped the 63-year-old's neck.

He was taken by ambulance to the Nicosia General Hospital, where he was intubated and admitted to the intensive care unit, while his health condition is judged to be extremely critical.

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