A teenage girl died after being involved in a road traffic collision in Larnaca on Wednesday night.
The girl, named as 18-year-old Romanian national Iulia Michaela Vasile, was riding in the back of a vehicle which had been reported stolen when, according to the Larnaca police’s deputy director Harris Hadjiyiasemi, it mounted a pavement, swerved into a road sign, and hit one tree from the side before coming to a stop when hitting a second tree.
An 18-year-old Jordanian national was also hospitalised as a result of the collision, though he was later discharged and arrested on suspicion of stealing the vehicle and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Vasile was taken to the Larnaca general hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Hadjiyiasemi said the driver of the vehicle and another passenger left the scene on foot after the collision, while the vehicle had been reported as stolen at 1.30pm on Wednesday.
The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.
