Three people killed in two road accidents in less than 12 hours

Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, died in less than 12 hours in two traffic accidents in different parts of the country.

The first deadly incident took place late on Monday night on the Methoni-Pylos road in the southwestern Peloponnese and involved a car, which was being driven by a 31-year-old man, crashing into the metal protection railing and a tree.

The driver is in hospital with serious injuries. His passengers, a 15-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man, were both killed, with the former succumbing to her injuries in a hospital in the city of Kalamata a few hours after the crash and the latter dying instantly at the scene. According to reports, the crash was so violent, that the young man's body was ejected from the vehicle and found in an irrigation ditch several meters away.

On Tuesday morning, meanwhile, a 52-year-old woman was killed when she...