A 19-year-old man was killed early Saturday in a car crash near Larnaca.

Christos Soteriou from Tseri was driving. on the Larnaca-Kofinou highway when he lost control of his vehicle at around 2.20am on Saturday.

The car then veered off course, collided with a metal guardrail and overturned.

Local law enforcement officers and members of the emergency response unit EMAK rushed to the scene.

They were able to extricate Soteriou from the wreck, however, he was declared dead upon arrival at Larnaca general hospital.