A 38-year-old man is in a critical condition after being involved in a road traffic collision on the motorway between Limassol and Nicosia in the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to the police, the incident occurred at around 2.15am, with the man’s vehicle colliding with a car being driven by a 42-year-old man near the village of Sia.

The 38-year-old’s vehicle collided with the other vehicle, before hitting the guardrail on the central reservation and then overturning, before coming to a stop.

He was taken by ambulance to the Nicosia general hospital, where it was found that an injury he had sustained to his head required surgery. He remains in a critical condition.

The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.