A girl aged one year from Talmaza village of Ștefan Vodă district was struck by a cow while she was playing in the yard of their house on Monday evening. The child died on the way to the hospital, IPN reports.

Press officer of the Ștefan Vodă Police Inspectorate Mariana Didenco said that the cow, when entering the yard, hit the girl who was playing nearby, without any adult being there. An ambulance team arrived immediately to take the girl to the hospital, but this died on the way.

All the circumstances of this incident are to be found out. The parents face punishment if it is determined that they left the child in danger.