The motorist who mortally hit a nine-year-old girl by his car on Grenoble St in the capital city three days ago didn’t have a driver’s license and was speeding, deputy head of the Chisinau Police Division Silviu Musuc said in the March 14 meeting of officials of municipal services and divisions, IPN reports.

The 22-year-old driver is a fifth-year student of a Chisinau-based university. Contacted by IPN, the Police Division’s press officer Natalia Stati said that the driver was placed under arrest for 72 hours initially. Afterward, the court decided to transfer him under house arrest.

The accident happened on March 11. According to the police, the girl was crossing the street legally, by a crosswalk, when she was struck. She was rushed to the Municipal Children’s Hospital “V. Ignatenco”, but could not be saved.

A criminal case was started over this case. The motorist faces three to seven years behind bars.