14-year-old pinned against barrier
A 14-YEAR-old boy was pinned between a vehicle and a roadside barrier in a collision on the İskele-Ercan main road between the Akova and Geçitkale junctions on Wednesday.
According to information from the police, the accident happened at 12.30pm as Niyazi Boransel, 58, was driving towards Geçitkale when a part broke off the left rear wheel of the animal trailer he was towing.
When Mr Boransel stopped his Mitsubishi pickup in the road, a truck driven by Mehmet Uysal, 56, smashed into the rear of the trailer. Mr Boransel’s vehicle was thrown forward by the impact and hit the steel barrier on the left side of the road.
At that time Evan Monks-Appleton, 14, who had gotten out of Mr Boransel’s vehicle to retrieve the fallen part, was pinned between the pick-up and the barrier.
Mr Boransel, Evan Monks-Appleton and passenger Jordan Kelly, 31, were injured in the incident and taken to Gazimağusa State Hospital for treatment after receiving first aid from paramedics from Geçitkale.
Reports said that young Evan suffered multiple fractures but that his condition was not life-threatening. Police launched an investigation into the crash.