A 23-year-old woman was injured and taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon following a traffic accident in Paphos.

According to the police, a vehicle driven by a 66-year-old man on the Amargetis-Eledios road deviated from its course in circumstances under investigation and entered the opposite lane, colliding head on with the vehicle driven by the 23-year-old woman.

She sustained injuries and was taken by ambulance to the A&E department of the Paphos general hospital.

According to the doctor on duty, the woman’s condition is not in critical though she was kept in for surgical treatment.

The 66-year-old driver was not injured.