Corfu in shock following death of young girl
road accident
16 Jan 2019
/ 16:44
CORFU. All the standard journalistic stock phrases can be applied to the accident blackspot on Eth. Lefkimmis Rd where the 8-year-old pupil from Viros Primary Anna Maria Karvouni lost her life in a road accident on Wednesday morning.
The accident blackspot on the Eth. Lefkimmis Rd claimed yet another life for the 'Moloch of the road'. At the same spot where five years ago the printer Molinaris died this 8-year-old angel Anna Maria also lost her life on Wednesday.
It was 7.30 in the morning and she was waiting for the school bus to take her to Viros Primary School. She was on the road and was initially hit by a car coming from town whose driver wasn't able to react in time. Thrown onto the other lane she was then hit by a car coming in the opposite direction. The accident happened at the spot called Tsarou by the Special School. Her injuries proved to be fatal and doctors at the hospital, where she was immediately taken, were unable to save her.
The father
Her father Yiannis Karvounis described the accident on the local Start TV channel. The first car literally knocked the little girl from her mother's hand when they were trying to cross the road - that particular spot isn't lit and vision is poor. Everyone who was there rushed to help and but there was only a silent pain afterwards for the loss of the young child.
According to the police, the Traffic Police are conducting an investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident. The two drivers, aged 44 and 42, will appear before the Corfu Prosecutor.
The pain that Anna Maria's parents, family and friends are feeling cannot be described and there are no soothing words that can take away that pain. Enimerosi offers its sincere condolences.
The roadworks to be carried out will be like a 'memorial' for the victim
The irony of this sad story, news of which quickly spread throughout the island, is that it was decided at the Regional Council meeting at the weekend to widen the road section Tria Gefiria-Vrioni-Ponti and make this spot on the Eth. Lefkimmis Rd safer.
This work has been held up since the middle of the previous decade and the road will go from the junction at Tria Gefiria (Three Bridges) to meet Eth. Lefkimmis Rd. at the supermarket where VELKA was formerly and from there it will continue to Ponti crossroads.
The old studies will be updated and the compulsory land purchases completed so that an invitation for tenders can be issued with 2023 being the deadline for completion. The Management Authority doesn't see there being a problem with the project being carried over into the next Regional Programme - when 20 years will have passed from when it was first discussed!
It was 7.30 in the morning and she was waiting for the school bus to take her to Viros Primary School. She was on the road and was initially hit by a car coming from town whose driver wasn't able to react in time. Thrown onto the other lane she was then hit by a car coming in the opposite direction. The accident happened at the spot called Tsarou by the Special School. Her injuries proved to be fatal and doctors at the hospital, where she was immediately taken, were unable to save her.
The father
Her father Yiannis Karvounis described the accident on the local Start TV channel. The first car literally knocked the little girl from her mother's hand when they were trying to cross the road - that particular spot isn't lit and vision is poor. Everyone who was there rushed to help and but there was only a silent pain afterwards for the loss of the young child.
According to the police, the Traffic Police are conducting an investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident. The two drivers, aged 44 and 42, will appear before the Corfu Prosecutor.
The pain that Anna Maria's parents, family and friends are feeling cannot be described and there are no soothing words that can take away that pain. Enimerosi offers its sincere condolences.
The roadworks to be carried out will be like a 'memorial' for the victim
The irony of this sad story, news of which quickly spread throughout the island, is that it was decided at the Regional Council meeting at the weekend to widen the road section Tria Gefiria-Vrioni-Ponti and make this spot on the Eth. Lefkimmis Rd safer.
This work has been held up since the middle of the previous decade and the road will go from the junction at Tria Gefiria (Three Bridges) to meet Eth. Lefkimmis Rd. at the supermarket where VELKA was formerly and from there it will continue to Ponti crossroads.
The old studies will be updated and the compulsory land purchases completed so that an invitation for tenders can be issued with 2023 being the deadline for completion. The Management Authority doesn't see there being a problem with the project being carried over into the next Regional Programme - when 20 years will have passed from when it was first discussed!
