A man aged 33 and a boy of almost a year died in a traffic accident on the M-3 road near Bardar village of Ialoveni district at 1:25pm on January 26.

Asked by IPN to provide details, press officer of the Ialoveni Police Inspectorate Silvia Vetcu said a vehicle driven by a man aged 31, who had a 21-year-old man as a passenger, skidded off when trying to overtake a car and struck head-on a car driven by a man aged 33. This had five passengers in the car – two women aged 31 and 26, a man aged 57, a six year-old girl and a boy younger than one. As a result of the impact, the driver died on the spot, while the boy died on the road to the hospital.

The other passengers were rushed to the hospital with different injuries.