Accident in heavy rain in Almyrida leaves woman injured

A car accident just outside the village of Almyrida in Apokoronas , left a 65 old woman with spinal injuries in hospital. The woman, a German citizen, lost control of her rented car while driving in heavy rain with poor visibility and fell in the embankment of a brook swollen by the heavy rain.
Passers who saw the car in the water  notified Vamos police and a rescue team from Vryses fire department arrived on the scene shortly after midday. The driver was taken to Chania general hospital.  Police investigates the cause of the accident.