Both lanes of the motorway from Nicosia to Larnaca have been reopened after they were closed for hours because of an accident, police announced on Thursday.

A garbage truck reportedly overturned, seriously injuring one of the three people in it.

Traffic was diverted from the Pera Chorio exit to the old Nicosia-Larnaca road in the morning, and drivers re-entered the motorway at the Lympia roundabout.