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Tragedy in Ilia: 65-year-old man dies after driving into irrigation canal
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Tragedy in Ilia: 65-year-old man dies after driving into irrigation canal

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement Outcome reported
  • A 65-year-old foreign national was found unresponsive inside a car that had entered an irrigation canal near Kourtesi in Ilia, Greece.
  • Firefighters recovered him from the submerged vehicle after residents alerted authorities.
  • Police also attended, while the man’s identity had not been confirmed.

A 65-year-old man died after his car overturned and ended up in an irrigation canal near Kourtesi, in the municipality of Andravida-Kyllini in Greece’s Ilia region.

Residents noticed an old Seat Ibiza overturned in the water beside a rural road and immediately alerted authorities. Firefighters recovered the man, who was found without vital signs inside the submerged vehicle.

The man was described as a foreign agricultural worker, but authorities had not yet confirmed his identity. Greek police also attended the scene, and an ambulance from the National Emergency Aid Centre was expected to collect the body.

The Fire Service said its operations centre received notice of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. Ten firefighters using five vehicles from the Lechaina Fire Service took part in the recovery operation.

A 65-year-old foreign national was freed from a passenger car without vital signs following a traffic accident in Kourtesi, Ilia.

— Greek Fire ServiceOfficial statement describing the recovery operation.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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