A man working on motorway linking Paphos and Limassol on Thursday morning was seriously injured when he was hit by a passing car.

The police arrived on the scene and an ambulance took the man to hospital.

Due to the accident, which happened near the motorway tunnel, both lanes on the motorway in the direction of Limassol, from the Paramali exit till the Sotira exit, were closed to traffic.

Motorists were being diverted to Episkopi exit.