Old man dies after crushed by trolleybus
An old man died in hospital several hours after he was crushed under the wheels of a trolleybus in Chisinau. Tudor Capatana, spokesman for the General Police Commissariat, has told Info-Prim Neo that the accident happened on Alecu Russo Street not far from the crosswalk
The 85-year-old man was hit and then crushed by a trolleybus running on route No. 23. The man was rushed to Saint Trinity Hospital with open cranial-cerebral trauma and multiple fractures of the legs. Several hours later, he died. The police are investigating the case.
A Volkswagen-Transporter struck a 17-year-old boy on Sarmizecetusa St. The boy suffered bodily injuries and was taken to the hospital.
A 37-year-old resident of Calarasi received injuries after he was hit by an Opel-Vectra on Albisoara St in Chisinau.
A Volkswagen-Transporter minibus collided with a Scoda-Superb car at the intersection of Banulescu-Bodoni and Alexandru cel Bun streets. The minibus overturned. The diver and passenger of the car sustained injuries.
The nine traffic accidents that occurred in Moldova last night resulted in one death and nine persons injured. Four persons were hurt and one died in the four road accidents that happened in Chisinau.