The driver of a minibus running on route No. 120 in Chisinau, who hit mortally a five-year-old girl in a crosswalk about a year ago, was sentenced to three years in jail. The man was also banned from driving units of transport for a period of four years and obliged to pay 70,000 lei damages to the victim’s parents, IPN reports.

The accident happened on Hancesti St in Chisinau on July 4, 2014. The girl was crossing the street together with her mother, who wasn’t hurt. The child died on the way to the hospital.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said the court is to also examine the case concerning the driver of a minibus running on route No. 155, who was involved in a serious road accident at the intersection of the Chisinau streets Alexei Shchusev and Mihai Eminescu on July 2, 2014. As a result of the collision, the minibus overturned and 11 passengers, three of whom children, were taken to the hospital.