Pedestrian fatally hit by car that went out of control
A young man was killed when he was crushed under the wheels of a car that went out of control owing to technical faults.
Paulina Iakimovski, of the Traffic Police Division's PR department, has told Info-Prim Neo that the tragedy happened in Saptebani village of Rascani district. A Mercedes driven by a 22-year-old man without a license broke, skidded and struck mortally a pedestrian aged 25. The driver was hospitalized with a fracture of the backbone.
The 27-year-old driver of a BMW struck a pedestrian aged 65 when moving backward on Ioan Voda Viteazul St in Chisinau. The old man was rushed to the Emergency Hospital with fractures of the arms and right leg.
A woman aged 27 was taken to the same hospital with a concussion and a fracture of the cranial bone after she was hit by a Volkswagen-Golf at the intersection of the streets Shchiusev and Serghei Lazo.
A man, 53, jumped out of a Zonda bus running on the Odessa-Volontir route. He was admitted to the hospital with different injuries. An investigation is under way.
One person was killed and seven injured in seven accidents that happened on Moldova's roads on Monday, April 26. The traffic police drew up 517 reports over violation of the traffic rules, 96 of which over speeding, while 39 over driving with the seat belt not fasted.