Police continue investigation into Peyia fatal quadbike accident

The woman who was riding on the back of a quadbike which crashed in Peyia is hospitalised and out of danger on Tuesday.

The driver of the quad bike, Iuliia Viacheslavovna Kovalchukova, 49 years old from Russia and a resident of Paphos, died on Sunday.

An autopsy confirmed the death was caused by multiple injuries to vital organs from the crash.

According to police the accident occurred around 11.15pm, while the 49-year-old woman was riding the four-wheeled motorcycle with a 60-year-old female passenger.