A 52-year-old man, named as Panayiotis Andreou, lost his life in an accident that occurred shortly after midnight on Monday in Nicosia.

The man had been riding his motorbike on Archangelos Avenue in Engomi, when the bike hit the curb and overturned, flinging its rider onto the pavement resulting in fatal injury.

The man was taken to Nicosia general hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.