Man killed in road accident

A man from Soroca town was struck fatally by a speeding car. The driver left the scene. Paulina Iakimovski, senior specialist of the Traffic Police Department' PR Service, has told Info-Prim Neo that the 58-year-old man was returning from work when he was hit by a Mercedes car. He died on the spot. The driver left the place of the accident, but the police found him soon sleeping in his house in Visauca village. The police presume the driver was under the influence of alcohol. An Audi driven by a man aged 31 from Colonita village skidded on the road and overturned. The 30-year-old passenger suffered a concussion. Two taxis were involved in traffic accidents. A 1422 Dacia Logan taxi crashed into a BMW car on Calea Iesilor St in Chisinau. The taxi was projected into a Volkswagen. Only the 51-year-old taxi driver sustained injuries and was rushed to the Emergency Hospital. A 1430 Daewoo-Nexia taxi struck a 54-year-old pedestrian in Balti town. The man suffered a fracture of the left shank bones. The five road accidents that happened in Moldova on Sunday, February 21, resulted in one death and seven persons injured.