The police established that the eight young people who were killed in the traffic accident on Muncesti St in Chisinau last night died because of speeding. The young people travelled by a Renault Megane from Revaca to Chisinau. At the intersection of the streets Muncesti and Dacia, the car skidded off the road and crashed into a tree.

According to the National Patrolling Inspectorate, six young people died on the spot, while another two on the way to the hospital. They were aged between 17 and 24 and were from Revaca and Floreni villages of Anenii Noi district.

The 1,185 road accidents that happened on the national roads so far this year resulted in 131 deaths and 1,453 injured people.