Three bicyclists killed in car accidents

Three bicyclists were crushed to death under the wheels of cars on roads in Causeni and Telenesti last night, Traffic Police Division spokeswoman Dana Andronic has told Info-Prim Neo. The tragedies happened at an interval of one hour. An unidentified bicyclist was struck by a Ford-Focus driven by a 27-year-old man on a local road in Causeni town. In an hour, a Mercedes-312D minibus driven by a man aged 50 hit two bicyclists of 21 and 23 on the Balti-Sarateni road. The bicyclists were traveling along the roadway without reflectors. They died on the spot. An unidentified man who was struck by a Volkswagen-Golf on a street in Ungheni town is now in a coma in the Ungheni district hospital. A 10-year-old boy was admitted to the Sangerei hospital with a cranial-cerebral trauma, concussion and a facial wound after he was hit by a VAZ-2104 while crossing the street illegally. The nine accidents that occurred on the national roads yesterday and last night resulted in three deaths and seven persons injured.