Man struck and killed in crosswalk

A man, 39, was struck and killed in a crosswalk in Chisinau suburbs. The casualty occurred on Stefan cel Mare Street in Vatra town on Monday, March 26, at 21.20. A Daewoo-Nexia, taxi service 1404, hit the pedestrian on a zebra crossing. As a result of the serious injuries the victim died in the ambulance, on its road to hospital. According to Chisinau Road Police Inspector Ion Roscovanu, 3 taxi cabs, 2 minibuss and 1 trolleybus were involved in traffic accidents on Monday. A 1448 taxi cab injured a student aged 21. The accident occurred on Creanga Street at 18.00. The young man was hospitalised with fractures. The third taxi cab, also a Daewoo-Nexia, 1404 Taxi Service, injured a woman aged 54 on Gagarin Boulevard at 7.30. The woman was transported to hospital with open fractures. At the same hour, a Ford-Escort collided with a Ford Mondeo on Petricani Street. The driver of the Ford Mondeo suffered mental shock and trauma of the backbone. A minibus Mercedes-208D, route 119, hit a student of the Economy Studies Academy aged 20 on Decebal Boulevard at 8.45. The young woman suffered head trauma and mental shock. A minibus Mercedes-208D, circulating on route 124, injured a girl aged 9 on Gheorghe Asachi Street at 8.00. Another girl aged 11 was hospitalised with shoulder and shank fractures after being injured by a VAZ-2109 vehicle at the crossroad of Mircea cel Batran and Igor Vieru streets at 15.30. 3 persons were injured in the accident occurred on Monday at the crossroad of Sfatul Tarii and Mihail Kogalniceanu. A Mercedes collided with a trolleybus. The driver of the car aged 37, suffered mental shock, a passenger of the trolleybus was hospitalised with backbone fracture and concussion of the left kidney, and another passenger aged 32 – with concussion of the thorax. The consequences of those 38 traffic accidents occurred on Monday in Chisinau are concerning – one casualty and 9 injured, including two minors.