Greek Cypriot man die after car crash with bus in north Cyprus

A Greek Cypriot man has died after being involved in a road traffic accident on the Büyükkonuk - Kaplıca road in north Cyprus.

The accident happened at around 1:30pm on the Büyükkonuk - Kaplıca road on Thursday May 2 when the man, named as 79-year-old Photis Photiou, a Greek Cypriot who was driving his pickup truck when the driver’s side of his vehicle collided with a bus.

He was taken by ambulance to hospital in Famagusta but died en route.

His wife, Julia Photiou, was injured in the crash, and was also taken to hospital in Famagusta.

The bus’ driver, 62-year-old Hakan Aslan, was not injured, but was arrested with the police’s investigation into the matter ongoing.

There were no passengers on the bus.