Couple from Clocușna perishes in road accident, passenger dies in hospital

Update/3:21pm/ The third person who was in the car, a woman aged 58, died as a result of the multiple injuries she suffered. Two girls aged four and eight remained without parents as a result of the accident, according to the General Police Inspectorate.

A married couple aged 37 and 33 died in a road accident on the Briceni-Ocnița-Otaci road in the morning of April 15. The accident occurred at the entrance to Ocnița village of the district with the same name. A passenger aged 58 was transported to the Ocnița District Hospital, IPN reports.

According to the General Police Inspectorate, the preliminary cause of the accident is non-adjustment of speed to the road conditions.  The driver lost control of the car on the wet road. The vehicle skidded off the road and ran into a roadside tree.

All the persons from the car were inhabitants of Clocușna village of Ocnița district. An extrication team was needed to take the victims out.