A serious sea accident occurred yesterday afternoon in the Pernera area of Paralimni, leaving two people injured.
According to details still under examination, a jet ski being driven by a 17-year-old, with an 18-year-old passenger on board, collided under circumstances that are being investigated with a towed inflatable “banana boat”-style device carrying five people — two men aged 48 and 43, and three children aged 7, 11 and 13.
A 7-year-old girl was seriously injured in the collision, sustaining a skull fracture. She was taken to Makarios Hospital, where she was admitted for treatment; her condition is described as out of danger.
The 48-year-old man sustained a pelvic fracture and was admitted for treatment at Famagusta General Hospital.
Famagusta CID and Paralimni Police Station continue their inquiries.
