A passenger minibus running on route No. 103 was involved in a road accident at the intersection of the Chisinau streets 31 august and S. Lazo in the morning of September 22. Five women travelling in the minibus suffered injuries.

Contacted by IPN, Natalia Stati, press officer of the Chisinau Police Division, said the accident was caused by the driver of a car, who didn’t give way to the minibus. The car driver faces a fine of 1,000 lei and six penalty points.

Petru Cravet, who is responsible for relations with the media at the Chisinau Emergency Medicine Center, said that four of the women hurt in the accident were diagnosed with brain injury and concussions, while the fifth woman suffered bone fractures. The patients age aged between 20 and 30.