19-year-old teenager died as the result of a road accident in Nicosia late on Sunday evening.

Around 11pm a motorcycle on which two 19-year-olds were travelling on Iosif Hadjijosif avenue veered from its course and hit an electricity pole.

Both teens were taken to Nicosia general hospital where Nicolas Constantinou, a resident of Nicosia, was pronounced dead.

The other young man was diagnosed with various fractures. According to doctors he is in serious condition.