Two trolleybuses collide in front of Government Building

Two trolleybuses collided at the intersection of Stefan cel Mare Blvd. and Mitropolit Banulescu Bodoni St in Chisinau in the afternoon of May 31. According to the Traffic Police Division, one passenger suffered minor injuries, being hurt by pieces of glass, Info-Prim Neo reports. A trolleybus running on route No. 22 that was coming from the direction of Al. Pushkin St turned left on Mitropolit Banulescu Bodoni St without giving way to the trolleybus running on route No. 4 that was coming from the direction of Patria Movie Theater. According to Gheorghe Morgoci, the director of the Chisinau Electric Transport Company, the trolleybus running on route No. 4 was one of the 102 new trolleybuses bought recently by the Chisinau City Hall. The two units of transport were withdrawn form routes for being repaired. Eyewitnesses said the windshield of one of the trolleybuses was broken and there was a lot of glass at the place of the accident.