Four pedestrians hospitalized on Tuesday

Four pedestrians suffered various injuries in four separate accidents on Chisinau's roads on Tuesday. Road Safety Inspector Ion Roscovanu of the Chisinau Traffic Police has told Info-Prim Neo that although the traumas sustained by the pedestrians are not very serious, the drivers are to blame for reckless driving. The first accident occurred at the intersection of the streets Alba Iulia and Paris, involving a Subaru car, driven by a 51-year-old man, which struck a 29-year-old female. The woman suffered contusion of the soft tissues of the head. An elderly woman, 83, was hit by a Mercedes car, driven by a 32-year-old woman, on Dacia Blvd. An out-of-town 22-year-old male was hit by a Ford Focus on Ismail Str., suffering contusion of the soft tissues of the right arm. In the intersection of the streets Creanga and Aldea Teodorovici, an 18-year-old female was hit by a Mercedes, driven by a 20-year-old man. Over the past day and night, other 23 minor traffic accidents were recorded in Chisinau. Traffic agents fined 10 persons for drunk-driving, 9 persons for driving unbuckled and 56 for driving on red.