A 70-year-old man was arrested on Saturday evening after being found to have been almost five times over the legal alcohol limit to drive after running a 62-year-old woman over and breaking her ribs and pelvis.

On Sunday afternoon, Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos confirmed that the man had run the woman over as she was attempting to cross a road in the town.

The man had initially fled the scene but was later found in his house. It was there that he underwent an alcohol test and was found to be almost five times over the limit to drive.

The woman was taken by ambulance to the Larnaca general hospital.

Konsolos confirmed that the man will be brought before a court “at a later stage”.

The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.