The intoxicated individual ended up in hospital after he lost control of his vehicle and collided head on with a car driven by a 61 year old man with three passengers on board, including a ten year old boy.
The accident happened on the main Polis Chrysochous-Yiolou road in the Paphos district, around midnight.
The 42 year old, found to be driving with 115 mg of alcohol in his blood, over five times the allowed limit of 22, suffered various injuries to his torso and was kept for treatment and observation, following an initial arrest. The driver and passengers in the 2nd car, escaped unhurt.
The Polis police precinct is investigating the circumstances of the accident, as intoxicated drivers and speeding remain the number one cause of serious road accidents in Cyprus.
